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erre des Hommes – Lausanne (TDH) and the Technical Unitteam at its Gaza office wish to express their gratitude to UNICEFin Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) for financing the
project to develop a Comprehensive Mental Health and Psychosocial Sup-port (MHPSS) Mapping Tool for Gaza and for the professional adviceand unflagging support provided by its Child Protection Officers basedin Jerusalem and Gaza (Ruth O’Connell, Reem Tarazi, SaudaminiSiegrist, and Mioh Nemoto) throughout the entire process.
Not least is our appreciation to Claire Colliard, who, as Technical UnitCoordinator and, therefore, directly responsible for the mapping tool’sinitial development, saved no effort to make sure the project remainedon course.The project would have neither achieved its intended objectives withoutcritical inputs provided by the TDH Jerusalem Office represented by Fed-erica Riccardi (Country Delegate) and the specific contributions of AnaCarrizo, (Field Coordinator) Mohammed Rozzi, (Child Specialist) andWail El Madhon, (Translator and Coordinator Assistant).
A special word of thanks to Mr. Walid Sabah, Director of Departmentof Coordination with NGOs and Mr. Mahmud E’Damma, Health spe-cialist at Community Training Center and Conflict Management inGaza City for their generous ‘insider’ guidance throughout the differentphases of this project. The efforts of the Technical Unit’s support team, composed by HeshamAbu Lamzy, (Logistician) Heba Abu Hamda (Accountant) and driversReyad El Neaizi and Iyas Abu Hamda were equally indispensable for thesuccess of this project.
Sincere thanks to all of them and to all the volunteers who took part inthe data collection.
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Annex 1Questionnaire 40Annex 2Activities IASC oriented 44Annex 3MHPSS Glossary 48Annex 4MHPSS Organizations Contact Information 53
PROCESS SUMMARY - METHODOLOGY10
INTRODUCTION9
MAPPING FINDINGS15
GAPS IN MHPSS SERVICE PROVISION35
RECOMMENDATIONS36
ANNEXES39
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Index
he need for a comprehensive map-ping of existing MHPSS servicesin the Gaza Strip became obvious
following Cast Lead (January 2009) due tothe large influx of organizations conduct-ing activities in this sector in absence of aninter-agency coordination framework. This,quite foreseeable, resulted in an incoherentand fragmented overall response character-ized by considerable duplication, even trip-lication of MHPSS services to address cer-tain needs, while other important needs wentunaddressed.MHPSS Cluster leaders in Gaza, (MoH,UNICEF, WHO) therefore, echoed con-cerns expressed by multiple operating part-ners as regards the need to plan appropri-ately for future crisis by promoting the ini-tiative to develop a mapping tool that wouldprovide public and private sector actors with
basic understanding about existing MHPSSservices throughout the strip, as required tojointly build a coherent response, establishnecessary collaborations, improve coordi-nation and information sharing, as well asassist in referrals.The Technical Unit in Terre des Hommes -Lausanne’s Gaza office was established inJanuary 2010 with a mandate to developthis initiative with the collaboration of sec-tor actors, many of which are active mem-bers in the MHPSS Working Group andsubgroups. The first version of the mapping databasewas finalized in early December 2010, af-ter completing a database validation proce-dure. What follows is a description of theintervening process through its various stagesof development, the major findings, andsome recommendations.
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he following chapter summarizes
the mapping process, including
instrument development, data col-
lection, database development, verification
process, updating the sector and challen-
ges faced.
1 Initial stage The initial stage of the mapping project,
which lasted 4 months, consisted in secur-
ing an agreement with the MoH in Gaza to
implement this initiative. This first required
defining the conceptual framework to map
the existing resources and reaching a shared
understanding with the MoH regarding MH-
PSS-related activities, in order to make the
database as integrative as possible. The IASC
Guidelines on Mental Health and Psychoso-
cial Support in Emergency Settings, as well
as similar mapping experiences carried out
in the region, were referenced for this pur-
pose. Meanwhile, reduced-scale mapping
resources available in different Gaza-based
agencies were identified and relevant infor-
mation contained in them was retrieved and
collated to form the basis for this new, broad-
based mapping tool.
2 Instruments 2.1 The questionnaire
The next stage consisted in developing a
questionnaire adapted to the Gaza context
to be used to conduct interviews with iden-
tified stakeholders. While the activity cate-
gories in the Global Mapping tool develo-
ped by WHO (4w’s) provided a good star-
ting point to develop the questionnaire, it
became apparent that these needed to be
further refined to reflect local realities.
2.2 Pilot test
Once the MOU was signed with the MoH
for the project’s implementation, the resul-
ting questionnaire was pilot-tested among
13 major MHPSS organizations prior to es-
tablishing its final version.
3 Data collection A list of MHPSS organizations operating in
Gaza was developed on the basis of diffe-
rent resources. 600 were identified in total.
Emails were then sent to these organizations
to confirm their involvement in psychoso-
cial projects. The response was minor. Thus,
phone calls had to be made to all organiza-
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tions on this preliminary list to determine
the exact number of actors conducting psy-
chosocial projects at this time and to take
appointments with focal points for inter-
views. The results of these phone contacts
reduced the number of identified organiza-
tions to 162, among which were found a
number of different Palestinian Ministries,
NGO’s, CBO’s, INGO’s, and UN offices.
Subsequently, a team of 8 interviewers, in-
cluding the TU coordinator, 2 psychosocial
specialists, and 5 appropriately-trained vo-
lunteers, was formed to conduct face-to-face
interviews with the contacted focal points
within each identified organization, using
the developed questionnaire. Appointments
were arranged to visit 4-6 organizations on
a daily basis. The questionnaire and a cover
letter explaining the purpose of mapping
was handed to the focal point within each
organization. All information regarding the
TU UNICEF project was discussed with the
focal points before signing the letter of
consent and starting the interview.
4 Database development and data analysis Throughout this process, which lasted ano-
ther 4 months, the IT specialist attached to
the Technical Unit, with the support of a data
entry volunteer, created a computer-based,
user-friendly IT application using MYSQL
and Delphi IDE technology to facilitate the
task of filtering collected data, in preparation
for analysis and final display. The aim was
to, ultimately, provide online access to this
database to simplify browsing and direct up-
dating by the MHPSS service providers.
5 Sector updating The Technical Unit organized a system-wide
meeting to update involved actors on pro-
gress made in the development of the map-
ping tool and kept them updated through
monthly MHPSS Working Group meetings.
6 Verification process Upon completion of the first version of the
mapping tool, the final stage prior to its pu-
blic dissemination involved designing, jointly
with the MoH, a data verification proce-
dure and implementing it in partnership
with MoH officials. 22 organizations were
included in this data validation process,
which was considered a sufficiently repre-
sentative sample (35% of the total).
7 Database updating Finally, a questionnaire to facilitate the pro-
cess of updating stored information on or-
ganizational activities was designed, to be
distributed among MHPSS service provi-
ders at regular intervals by a local organiza-
tion that will be responsible to assist the
MoH to keep the database current.
8 Challenges faced and steps taken:At the outset, it became apparent that local
health authorities held a different view about
the inclusion of non-specialized services in
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the mapping database. They didn’t construe
their activities as holding a narrow link with
the improvement of the local population’s
mental health status. Consequently, there
was initial resistance to develop an all-in-
clusive mapping database. Much discussion
took place to reach a common understan-
ding with these health authorities about the
importance of integrating community-ba-
sed agencies in the overall response, espe-
cially in view of possible future emergen-
cies, where there is less of a need for men-
tal health expertise in the immediate after-
math of a crisis and more of a need to streng-
then community resilience by building on
available resources and capacities. The prio-
rity, especially in anticipation of such situa-
tions, ought to be to build an integrated
support system consisting of various layers,
as reflected in the following IASC pyramid:
This ensures that the local population is
consulted and actively participates in deci-
sion-making during a crisis that affects them
directly or indirectly, rather than having to
rely entirely on external expertise to plan
the response, which may lead to their in-
creased passivity.
At the point where it became possible to de-
velop the MHPSS questionnaire, another
difficulty was to match the ongoing MHPSS
activities in Gaza with the categories and
sub-categories outlined in the WHO 4W’s
system. New definitions were required to
reflect Gaza’s reality. Furthermore, nume-
rous identified services were operating pro-
jects at level 1 of the IASC pyramid; had
this category of activity been included in
the questionnaire, the mapping database
would now contain upwards of 600 orga-
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nizations. Reaching them to verify these ex-
tremes was time-consuming and frustrating
at times, since their published information
was outdated; some never replied to calls
or emails.
Numerous organizations among those vi-
sited had come to a standstill while waiting
for additional funding to implement psy-
chosocial activities and, therefore, could
only respond retrospectively
9 GlossaryIn parallel, a glossary of MHPSS terms was
developed to facilitate information exchange
among involved actors on related topics (see
annex in CD).
10 Ethical considerationThe participation of organizations in the
mapping exercise was voluntary and their
consent for the dissemination of their infor-
mation regarding their services online was
obtained before the start of the interview.
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Mapping FindingsThis chapter aims to display the main findings generated from mapping the mental health and psychosocial services in Gaza, as reported by 162 identified MHPSS organizations. The main findings were summarized in the following tables.
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I. Organizations in Gaza Governorates
Table 1 shows significant disparities among different areas in terms of service delivery. Italso shows that most of the psychosocial activities are being carried out by NGOs and CBOs(80%, n=126 /162). This indicates that the nongovernmental sector is the major player inthe provision of this type of services to the population in Gaza.
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Governatorate NGO INGO UN System CBO’s Private Other
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2. Organizations MHPSS Activities in All Gaza Governorates
Table 2 shows the number of MHPSS activities per area. It shows, quite distinctly, that thereis a clear, heavy concentration of these activities (nearly half) being implemented in Gaza cityalone, (44%, n=327/751) while the remaining portion take place elsewhere throughout thestrip. This highlights the fact that several areas remain underserved for MHPSS services.
Main MHPSS Activities NORTH GAZA
Psychological counsellingPsychological supportPsychological medicationPsychotherapy
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Supporting community self-helpPsycho-education in community settingPsychosocial support in educationStrtuctural activities to support MHPSS services
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Case management / social workStructured social activitiesPsychological activities in protectionFacilitating and strengthening
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Psychological counselling
Psychological medication
Psychological activities in protection Psycho-education in community setting
Psychosocial support in education
Facilitating and strengthening Supporting community self-help
Case management / social work
Structured social activities
Strtuctural activities to support MHPSS services
Psychotherapy
Psychological support
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Psychological counsellingPsychological supportPsychological medicationPsychotherapy
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Supporting community self-helpPsycho-education in community settingPsychosocial support in educationStrtuctural activities to support MHPSS services
9301742
Case management / social workStructured social activitiesPsychological activities in protectionFacilitating and strengthening
12551313
Psychological counselling
Psychological medication
Psychological activities in protection
Psycho-education in community setting
Psychosocial support in education
Facilitating and strengthening Supporting community self-help
Case management / social work
Structured social activities
Strtuctural activities
to support MHPSS services
Psychotherapy
Psychological support
Main MHPSS Activities in DEIR AL BALAH
Psychological counsellingPsychological supportPsychological medicationPsychotherapy
3121
215
Supporting community self-helpPsycho-education in community settingPsychosocial support in educationStrtuctural activities to support MHPSS services
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511
Case management / social workStructured social activitiesPsychological activities in protectionFacilitating and strengthening
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Psychological counselling
Psychological medication
Psychological activities in protectionPsycho-education in community setting
Psychosocial support in education
Facilitating and strengthening Supporting community self-help
Case management / social work
Structured social activities Strtuctural activities
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Psychotherapy
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Main MHPSS Activities in KHAN YUNIS
Psychological counsellingPsychological supportPsychological medicationPsychotherapy
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Supporting community self-helpPsycho-education in community settingPsychosocial support in educationStrtuctural activities to support MHPSS services
2644
Case management / social workStructured social activitiesPsychological activities in protectionFacilitating and strengthening
41542
Psychological counselling
Psychological medication
Psychological activities in protection
Psycho-education in community setting
Psychosocial support in education
Facilitating and strengthening Supporting community self-help
Case management / social work
Structured social activities
Strtuctural activities
to support MHPSS services
Psychotherapy
Psychological support
Main MHPSS Activities in RAFAH
Psychological counsellingPsychological supportPsychological medicationPsychotherapy
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Supporting community self-helpPsycho-education in community settingPsychosocial support in educationStrtuctural activities to support MHPSS services
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58
Case management / social workStructured social activitiesPsychological activities in protectionFacilitating and strengthening
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66
Psychological counsellingPsychosocial support in education
Psychological activities in protection Psychotherapy
Psychological medication
Structured social activitiesCase management / social work
Supporting community self-help
Facilitating and strengthening
Strtuctural activities to support MHPSS services
Psycho-education in community setting
Psychological support
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3. Activities for Each Different Target Group in Different Areas of the Gaza Strip
Table 3 shows the number of activities targeting different target groups and existing dispari-ties. It shows that nearly half of the activities target children and women (47%, n=1093/2310).At the lower end of the scale, men (.5%, n= 13/2310), youth (.9%, n= 23/2310), staff (.9%, n=23/2310) and teachers (n= .2%, 4/2310) appear to be among the least targeted groups. The lowest number of available specialized activities are focused on mentally ill people (5%,n=107/2310), elderly people (6%, n=146/2310) and physically disable people (9%, n=207/2310)
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MHPSS Activities per Target Groups in NORTH GAZA
Children
Women
Families
Internally displaced persons
Elderly People
People with physical disability
Mentaly il persons
Youth
Staff
Men
Teachers
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 50 52 54 56 58 60 62
MHPSS Activities per Target Groups in GAZA
Children
Women
Families
Internally displaced persons
Elderly People
People with physical disability
Mentaly il persons
Youth
Staff
Men
Teachers
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 200 210 220 230 240
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MHPSS Activities per Target Groups in DEIR AL BALAH
Children
Women
Families
Internally displaced persons
Elderly People
People with physical disability
Mentaly il persons
Youth
Staff
Men
Teachers
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 100 105 110 115 120 125
MHPSS Activities per Target Groups in KHAN YUNIS
Children
Women
Families
Internally displaced persons
Elderly People
People with physical disability
Mentaly il persons
Youth
Staff
Men
Teachers
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 50 52 54 56 58 60 62 64 66 68 70
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4. Organizations MHPSS Activities per age category
Table 4 shows existing disparities among different age groups in relation to MHPSS sup-port received. It shows that there is less targeting for the age groups 0-6 (3%, n=71/2130),and above 60 (4%, n=93/2130).
MHPSS Activities per Target Groups in RAFAH
Children
Women
Families
Internally displaced persons
Elderly People
People with physical disability
Mentaly il persons
Youth
Staff
Men
Teachers
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 50 52 54 56 58 60 62 64 66 68 70 72 74 76 78 80
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5. Setting of MHPSS Activities per Place of Implementation
Table 5 shows that the large majority of activities are center-based. This contrasts with re-ports by organizations concerning their lack of resources to implement interventions.
Home Community School Psychiatric hospital
Center Clinic OtherPrimary healthCarc center
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280
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320
340
360
380
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Center Clinic OtherPrimary healthCarc center
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6. Staff Categories per Organization in Gaza Governorates
Table 6 shows that the majority of organizations employ counselors, animators, and social work-ers to carry out MHPSS activities. Priority is given to engage psychosocial frontline workers toimplement activities that are designed by program planners who are external to the organization.
Staff Categories in NORTH GAZA
Social worker
Counselor
Animator
Community worker
Psychiatrist
General practitioner
Psychiatric nurse
Speech Therapist
Physio-Theraapist
Psychiatrist
Occupational Therapist
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
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Staff Categories in GAZA
Social worker
Counselor
Animator
Community worker
Psychiatrist
General practitioner
Psychiatric nurse
Speech Therapist
Physio-Theraapist
Psychiatrist
Occupational Therapist
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 50
Staff Categories in DEIR AL BALAH
Social worker
Counselor
Animator
Community worker
Psychiatrist
General practitioner
Psychiatric nurse
Speech Therapist
Physio-Theraapist
Psychiatrist
Occupational Therapist
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Staff Categories in KHAN YUNIS
Social worker
Counselor
Animator
Community worker
Psychologist
General practitioner
Psychiatric nurse
Speech Therapist
Physio-Theraapist
Psychiatrist
Occupational Therapist
0 0,5 1 1,5 2 2,5 3 3,5 4 4,5 5 65,5 6,5 7 7,5 8 8,5 9 9,5 10 10,5 11
Staff Categories in RAFAH
Social worker
Counselor
Animator
Community worker
Psychologist
General practitioner
Psychiatric nurse
Speech Therapist
Physio-Theraapist
Psychiatrist
Occupational Therapist
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7. Referral Types per Organization in Gaza Governorates
Table 7 shows that NGOs/CBOs are the most active organizations in terms of making re-ferrals, as compared with UNRWA and the governmental sector.
8. Organizations making Referral.
Table 8 shows that the larger volume of referrals among MHPSS service providers acrossdifferent sectors (NGO’s, CBO’s, UNRWA, Government) originate in NGOs/CBOs in direc-tion to specialized services within UNRWA and Government services; there are few crossreferrals in the opposite direction.
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9. Organizations receiving Referral from different types of Organizations
Table 9 confirms that governmental and UNRWA sectors are receiving the majority of re-ferred cases, indicating that the referral process is most often triggered at a generalist lev-el towards specialized services.
Organizations Making referral
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10. Familiarity with IASC Guideline
Table 10 reflects scant awareness of IASC guidelines among MHPSS service providers inGaza, with the highest percentage of informed workers belonging to the NGO sector.
Organizations Receiving referral
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Private
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Unrwa
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11. Organizations Conducting and Funding Research
Table 11 shows that, despite the widely recognized value in conducting research for the ev-idence base, the practice of research in Gaza remains limited, with NGO’s being the mostactive in this regard. This suggests the possibility of scarce available funding for researchand lack of qualified researchers.
Government NGO INGO UN System CBOs OtherPrivate0
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12. Obstacles Faced in the implementation of MHPSS Activitiesper Organization
Table 12 shows that the majority of organizations experience setbacks in the key areas offunding, logistics and cultural issues; capacity building appears as their 4th major concern.
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Gaps in MHPSS Service Provision in the Gaza Strip
At close examination of the results displayed through the attached reports, it becomes pos-sible to clarify the current gaps in MHPSS service provision in Gaza Strip:
• Most specialized professionals in this sector are operating in large urban areas, deprivingthe non-urban areas from available expertise. This void is being supplied by non-profession-alized workers, e.g. animators, traditional healers, who also operate with limited trainingand resources. There is no common understanding about acceptable standards of practicefor each category of workers in this sector.
• Priority is being given to women and children, especially the 7-12 age group, (345 activi-ties) the 13-18 age group, (333 activities) and youth (353 activities). Infants and 60+ adultsreceive less attention – 62 out of 622 activities and 66 out of 622 activities respectively.
• Multiplication of similar MHPSS services in high density population areas persists, whichresults in a portion of users likely receiving identical services from different available sources,while others lack support.
• Each organization operates according to project-specific mandates, as a result of whichtraining, intervention, and referral protocols are not unified across the sector. A large ma-jority of MHPSS actors are unfamiliar with IASC guidelines (only 20% reported familiarity).
• The commonly expressed training demands seem to reflect a wide perception that thereis further need to consolidate basic required skills in MHPSS. Training received at univer-sity level doesn’t often match the requirements of the job.
• Most MHPSS interventions are being designed and implemented without an evidencebase, due to minimal investment in research (only 9% of actors are funding research) andlocal expertise in conducting studies, especially of the qualitative type. These interventionsare, consequently, reactive and short-term, with no durable effects.
Coordination and capacity building appear to be central concerns among MHPSS stakehold-ers, beyond the usual ones of funding and logistics.
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Recommendations
On the basis of these identified gaps, and in the interest of building a coherent set of MH-
PSS services that integrates the full range of operating partners at different levels of the
pyramid, it would be advisable to focus further attention on the following critical aspects:
• There is a need to distribute specialized human resources more evenly throughout the
strip, even if only in a supervisory capacity.
• There is a need to standardize a definition of the specific roles to be performed by differ-
ent categories of workers operating in this sector, their training requirements, which will
help establish the appropriate boundaries for their projects, create stronger links between
different services, and avoid unnecessary overlap.
• More MHPSS services need to target men, especially young adult males who are current-
ly unemployed and who, therefore, are unable to accomplish culturally-sanctioned life mile-
stones, e.g. marriage.
• MHPSS-oriented organizations need to acquire a clearer understanding of the natural link-
age that exists between mental health care and psychosocial support in order to ensure com-
plementarity and a coordinated response. Broader awareness of the IASC guidelines among
project planners is necessary.
• There is a need to strengthen university-level curricula in MHPSS by incorporating ele-
ments that prepare students to deal with the kinds of issues they will face in their future
work context, and which provides them a basis in practice before graduation.
• There is a need to invest further in research, especially qualitative research, in order to ac-
quire the evidence base that project planners need to design projects that effectively im-
prove the population’s mental health and psychosocial wellbeing.
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• There is a need to continually update the mapping database to keep it current and useful.
It is the strong wish of the Technical Unit team in Terre des Hommes – Lausanne that the
first version of the MHPSS mapping database will prove to be a useful tool in support of
these efforts. In particular, the mapping database can serve to generate a variety of detailed
reports on activities being conducted in this cluster, as might be requested by different proj-
ect planners to orient the design of new MHPSS interventions.
For further tailored findings, enquires and information you can contact the MHPSS Technical Unit:Email: [email protected]
Direct line: 00972.(0)8.286.3251
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AnnexAnnex I MHPSS Questionnaire
Annex 2 Activities IASC Oriented
Annex 3 MHPSS Glossary
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Number of organizations: 162
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