This document contains guidance for strengthening the disability inclusiveness of MHPSS responses and programmes in emergency settings. It is intended to supplement the IASC Guidelines on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings (2007).
Overall Objective
To consider and add...ress the mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) requirements of persons living in emergency settings with all types of disabilities on an equal basis to the MHPSS requirements of all persons, using a human rights-based approach and implementing social-ecological frameworks.
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This technical brief was developed by the UNFPA Global Ageing Network to complement the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs' (UN DESA) Issue Brief: Older Persons and COVID-19, which emphasized the humanitarian imperative of addressing older persons' specific needs within preparedness and re...sponse to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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DHS Further Analysis Reports No. 97
Based on further analysis of the 2004 Kenya Service Provision Assessment Survey
Manual for Trainers and Programme Managers
2nd edition.
The tool kit provides learning objects and curricular content to support the competencies for those proficiency/trainee levels
DHS Working Papers No. 103
The module is currently available in English, French, Nepali, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish