mental health

• A mother’s burden: The complex interrelation between breastfeeding, infant health and maternal well-being

  Published on 1 August 2023  |  News
  Decades of war and conflict have left deep marks on the rugged terrain of Afghanistan, on its people and on its infrastructure. The echoes of hardship can be heard in every corner of the landlocked country and witnessed in the cramped and run-down rooms of many Afghan hospitals.

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• Understanding mental health to improve action in crisis areas

  Published on 22 June 2023  |  News
  Alternatives Humanitaires (AH / Humanitarian Alternatives) magazine has dedicated a whole report to mental health in its latest issue of spring 2023. For too long, mental health has been considered secondary, while it should be a key concern in humanitarian action. Populations exposed to armed conflict, natural disasters, pandemics or economic collapse suffer shocks that can have a serious impact on them throughout their lives. Aid workers are also exposed to high levels of risk every day in the field. This requires employers to invest significantly in a specific support framework, known as "Staff Care". Chief Editor Boris Martin  and his team decided to turn the spotlight on mental health to give it the place it deserves, taking care to show the plurality of this discipline and the different practices that can be observed in crisis areas.

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• Ukraine: the impact of conflict on mental health

  Published on 25 April 2022  |  News
  The conflict that began on 24 February this year on Ukrainian territory has exacerbated the vulnerabilities of populations already psychologically weakened by eight years of conflict in the Donbass region. In a matter of weeks, mental health has only worsened, requiring urgent care and follow-up.

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• France: Mental health at the heart of the mission’s interventions

  Published on 8 October 2021  |  News
  The France mission of première Urgence Internationale integrates mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) in all its actions through individual or group accompaniment, in the integration center or in the beneficiaries' living areas.

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• Testimonies from the field: the benefits of Mental Health support in an Iraqi settlement

  Published on 19 May 2021  |  News
  Première Urgence Internationale’s ECHO-funded Health and Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) teams have been providing care services since the beginning of April 2020. In one of these settlements, Kilo 7, three people who benefited from these services tell us about their stories.

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• Iraq: enabling displaced people in Bersiveh camp to access health care

  Published on 31 March 2021  |  News
  Since 1st October 2020, Première Urgence Internationale has been working in the Bersiveh camp, located...

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• La Chronique N°138 – March 2021

  Published on 26 March 2021  |  Publications
  

  This edition of La Chronique, dedicated to Ukraine, highlights the work done by the Première Urgence Internationale teams facing all these challenges to deliver humanitarian aid adapted to the specific needs of these people. Mental health and psychosocial support programmes show how necessary it is to adopt a holistic approach to the needs to...

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• Mental health and conflicts

  Published on 17 March 2021  |  News
  The COVID-19 pandemic reminds everyone of the importance of taking mental health into account in our societies. Regarding humanitarian context, what consequences can conflicts have on populations?

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• In Bardarash camp, Premiere Urgence Internationale improved the quality of mental health services

  Published on 21 August 2020  |  News
  Since December 2019, Première Urgence Internationale managed for nine months the provision of primary free health care services in the reopened camp of Bardarash, Kurdistan region of Iraq. The teams ensured individual mental health follow-up and counselling, as well as training of Iraqi doctors to improve the services provided inside the camp.

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• The villages of Travneve and Gladosove need humanitarian assistance in Ukraine

  Published on 16 September 2019  |  News
  Members of Première Urgence Internationale’s team visited the villages of Travneve and Gladosove on 18 July with a view to assessing local residents’ major needs in light of the now 5-year-long conflict raging on in Eastern Ukraine. After several interviews with residents of the villages were conducted, it was obvious that people living there are in need of humanitarian assistance. Below is their story.

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