Mental Health and Psychosocial Support for COVID-19

Date published
23 Apr 2020
Type
Audio-visual material
Keywords
Epidemics & pandemics, Health, COVID-19
Organisations
Ready Initiative

The COVID-19 pandemic and related public health measures have profound effects on the mental health and emotional well-being of people all over the world. In humanitarian settings, the pandemic leads to increased demand for mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) interventions, and strains existing MHPSS programming. In this webinar, Drs. Peter Ventevogel, Fahmy Hanna, and Florence Baingana explore how MHPSS issues in pandemic settings can be addressed, drawing upon field examples from COVID-19 and past outbreaks, including the West Africa Ebola epidemic.

Moderator: Dr. Ron Waldman, Professor, George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health

Expert Speakers:

Dr. Peter Ventevogel, Senior Mental Health Officer, Public Health Section, Division of Resilience and Solutions, UNHCR

Dr. Fahmy Hanna, Technical Officer, Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, WHO

Dr. Florence Baingana, Technical Consultant, Mental Health Policy, Planning and Programming

With field experience from:

Deborah Magdalena, Coordinator Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Working Group, Maiduguri, Nigeria

Mahmuda Mahmuda Assistant Psychosocial & Mental Health Officer, UNHCR Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh