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.
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).
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.
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.
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”.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
