mental health
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Національний хаб психічного здоров’я та психосоціальної підтримки Нідерландів приєднується до європейської мережі взаємного навчання з Першої психологічної допомоги
English | Українська мова Женева та Діймен, 11 червня 2026 року – Loket Ontheemden Oekraïne PSH (LOOP), національний хаб психічного здоров’я та психосоціальної підтримки (ПЗПО / MHPSS) Нідерландів для переміщених людей з України, приєднався до європейської мережі взаємного навчання з Першої психологічної допомоги (ППД) для дітей, яку координує Женевська освітня фундація (TGLF). LOOP стає найновішою…
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The Netherlands’ national MHPSS hub joins the European peer learning network for Psychological First Aid
English | Українська мова Geneva and Diemen, 11 June 2026 – The Loket Ontheemden Oekraïne PSH (LOOP), the Netherlands’ national hub for mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) for displaced people from Ukraine, has joined the European peer learning network on Psychological First Aid (PFA) for children convened by The Geneva Learning Foundation (TGLF). LOOP…
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Teach to Reach: The second microphone (article 2 of 4)
Teach to Reach is the largest peer learning platform, network, and community by and for health and humanitarian workers — launched by The Geneva Learning Foundation (TGLF) in January 2021 out of an immunization training programme during the COVID-19 pandemic, and now in its fifth year. As part of TGLF’s tenth anniversary, each month a…
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Teach to Reach: The questions health workers cannot solve alone (article 1 of 4)
** WARNING: connection is not using a post-quantum key exchange algorithm. ** This session may be vulnerable to “store now, decrypt later” attacks. ** The server may need to be upgraded. See https://openssh.com/pq.html Teach to Reach is the largest peer learning platform, network, and community by and for health and humanitarian workers — launched by…
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How can governments protect and promote mental health and well-being across sectors?
For decades, global health policy has approached mental illness primarily as a clinical challenge, a condition to be managed within the walls of hospitals and clinics by medical professionals. This biomedical focus, while essential, has often obscured the broader context in which mental health is shaped. A new publication from the World Health Organization, Guidance on…
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Beyond outputs, a scalable model for documenting child MHPSS outcomes in a crisis: remarks by Reda Sadki at the 18th European Public Health Conference
On November 12, 2025, the 18th European Public Health Conference hosted a symposium organized by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). The session, “The heart of resilience: lessons from mental health support for children and young people affected by conflict in Ukraine,” explored the large-scale mental health and psychosocial support…
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How practitioners in Ukraine and across Europe built a self-sustaining peer learning network to support children
When military fathers started arriving at her centre in Bulgaria, sharing challenges they faced with their own children, Irina V. found herself drawing on lessons learned not from textbooks, but from conversations with fellow practitioners scattered across a war zone. “What I learned about providing psychological first aid (PFA) to children actually helped me in…
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Support of children affected by the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine: Bridging practice and learning through the sharing of experience
“Do you have an experience supporting children affected by the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine that you would like to share with colleagues? Tell us what happened and how it turned out. Be specific and detailed so that we can understand your story.” This was one of the questions that applicants to the Certificate peer learning…
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Mental health and psychosocial support in Ukraine: insights from an interdisciplinary review
A new interdisciplinary review from the ARQ National Psychotrauma Centre and VU Amsterdam provides an in-depth analysis of the mental health impacts, cultural and historical factors shaping coping and help-seeking, the evolving humanitarian response, and recommendations for strengthening mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) in Ukraine. The report is an interdisciplinary literature review supplemented by…
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Learning about mental health and psychosocial needs in Ukraine and affected countries
The report “Two years on: mental health and psychosocial needs in Ukraine and affected countries” is from the Psychosocial Support Centre, a specialized hub of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) with the mission to “enhance psychosocial support initiatives”. Key points from the report include: Overall, the report highlights the…
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