Global Mapping of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Resources Supporting Infectious Disease Outbreak Readiness and Response in Humanitarian Settings

Author: READY

The COVID-19 pandemic heightened the importance of mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) in responding to infectious disease outbreaks. In its rapid assessment of global COVID-19 impacts on MHPSS services, the World Health Organization (WHO) stated that “inclusion of MHPSS is an integral cross-cutting component in public health emergency responses.” To better understand the status of globally available MHPSS resources supporting readiness and response to major infectious disease outbreaks in humanitarian settings, READY identified a real-time need to comprehensively map available MHPSS resources to support humanitarian actors’ preparedness and response to infectious disease outbreaks.

This report aims to confirm and collate existing relevant resources for MHPSS readiness and response to infectious disease outbreaks in humanitarian settings, identify resource gaps, and provide recommendations to address the gaps.

View the report in English here.

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This website is made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents are the responsibility of READY and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government. Led by Save the Children, the READY initiative is implemented in partnership with the Johns Hopkins Center for Humanitarian Health, the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs, UK-Med, and the Humanitarian Leadership Academy. READY is augmenting global capacity for non-governmental organizations to respond to large-scale infectious disease outbreaks.