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Jun 30, 2025

Cruz Roja Paraguaya fighting for the mental health of the community

Dr. Maria Gloria Montórfano is National Health Coordinator for the Paraguayan Red Cross (Cruz Roja Paraguaya) and was a co-facilitator at the Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergencies training in Asunción, Paraguay organized by the MHPSS Hub and Paraguayan Red Cross.

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Jun 23, 2025

ICRC Southern Cone region: Mental health between climate change and armed conflict

Renata Reali is Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Programme Responsible at the International Committee of the Red Cross – ICRC, based in Brazil and covering Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and Brazil. Renata joined the Regional Training: Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergencies in Asunción, Paraguay facilitated by the MHPSS Hub and Paraguayan Red Cross (Cruz Roja Paraguaya).

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Jun 4, 2025

Annual report 2024 – a first and a last

The final annual report of the IFRC Psychosocial Centre is also the first for the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement MHPSS Hub.

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May 28, 2025

Guidance Notes: on MHPSS Implications of heatwaves and wildfires

The guidance notes are intended for Red Cross Red Crescent Movement components who may be responding to heatwaves and wildfires in their country, or region.

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May 19, 2025

No mental health without involvement – no rights without agency

European Mental Health Week 2025 initiated by Mental Health Europe runs from today 19 May until 25th May. This year’s event emphasises the link between mental health and social policies: “encouraging policy makers and people in positions of power to think bigger than the biomedical narrative which focuses on the individual and illness”.

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Apr 29, 2025

More than 1000 trained under Sport Coach+

The Sport Coach+ programme implemented in a partnership between the Olympic Refuge Foundation (ORF) and the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement MHPSS Hub has now passed 1000 trained sport coaches. A series of trainings have been conducted in ten countries – one of the latest in Copenhagen on 25 April.

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Apr 25, 2025

PFA for Complex Reactions: six-episode video series from Palestine

The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) and the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement MHPSS Hub have partnered to produce a series of six short training videos depicting real-life situations of individuals affected by crises and showing how professionals as well as communities can effectively respond to mental health needs during emergencies.

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Mar 21, 2025

Guidance Notes: out on MHPSS Implications of Vector-borne Diseases and Epidemics

MHPSS Advisor, Shona Whitton & MHPSS in Emergencies Intern, Augustin Lambert, have prepared two new Guidance Notes with a focus on mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) in the context of vector-borne diseases and epidemics.

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Mar 12, 2025

Global MHPSS Library: read, watch, listen and learn

The Red Cross Red Crescent Movement MHPSS Hub hosts a resource library with more than 1000 mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) resources

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Mar 3, 2025

Report: Lebanon’s Urgent Mental Health Crisis: How can Nordic actors contribute to response, recovery and systems strengthening?

In December Dr. Rabih El Chammay, Head of Lebanon's National Mental Health Programme, visited Copenhagen to meet with Nordic stakeholders including the Nordic Network on MHPSS, the MHPSS Collaborative and the IASC MHPSS Reference Group.

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Feb 24, 2025

Ukraine: situation more volatile than ever – we must continue turning despair into hope

24 February 2025 marks the third year since the acceleration of the international armed conflict in Ukraine with the full-scale invasion.

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Feb 17, 2025

Groundbreaking toolkit one year on: relevant and useful as ever

One year ago, the “Youth Mental Health Toolkit On 5 Emerging Issues in Africa” was launched under the hashtag #ICanSurvive.

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Feb 3, 2025

New focus area and resources on digital MHPSS

Visit the focus area and explore the five themes of: Learn about digital MHPSS; Dive deeper; Get inspired; innovate and implement; Share and connect.

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Jan 21, 2025

Podcast Series on Ambiguous loss

The Red Cross Red Crescent Movement MHPSS Hub has launched a podcast series on Ambiguous loss. MHPSS Specialist, Arz Stephan has moderated the three episodes of the Heartbeat of Humanity podcast and interviewed leading experts on different topics related to Ambiguous loss.

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Jan 6, 2025

The Red Cross Red Crescent Movement MHPSS Hub is a reality

Effective January 1, 2025, the current IFRC Reference Centre for Psychosocial Support evolved into the RCRC Movement MHPSS Hub. This transformation builds on the Reference Centre’s 30 years of experience, the expertise of the ICRC, and the contributions of National Societies working on MHPSS.

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Dec 19, 2024

Seasonal Greetings

Closing 2024: Farewell to the IFRC PS Centre, Welcome to the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement MHPSS Hub

The Red Cross Red Crescent (RCRC) Movement MHPSS Hub (MHPSS Hub) is dedicated to advancing mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) throughout the RCRC Movement. Hosted by the Danish Red Cross, the Hub collaborates with National Societies, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), as well as international humanitarian organizations and academic institutions. By uniting expertise from across the Movement and beyond, we help build stronger, more resilient communities better equipped to cope with crises and recover from adversity.