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Aid agencies and medical professionals have joined forces to call urgently for a ceasefire to allow life-saving polio vaccinations to be administered to about 640,000 children aged under 10 following confirmation of the first case of polio in Gaza in 25 years, with reports of other suspected cases emerging.
Just a single piece of paper could help bridge the mental health gap for children impacted by conflict. That’s one implication of the latest mental health study by War Child and local partner Transcultural Psychosocial Organization (TPO Uganda).
Aid worker fatalities, Israeli attacks on so-called "humanitarian zones" and consecutive evacuation orders are crippling aid delivery inside Gaza. Hear from War Child and other aid agencies in our latest humanitarian snapshot.
Unaccompanied children face enormous challenges worldwide. A recent UNHCR study shows that more than 150,000 of them face the devastating effects of conflict and displacement. Alone or separated from their families, these children are at heightened risk of exploitation, abuse and other serious violations of their rights.
Only a day after the start of the war on Gaza, hostilities broke out in the south of Lebanon. Nine months later, at least 97 civilians have been killed, and hundreds more injured - with nearly 100,000 people driven from their homes under Israeli bombardment. Hear more from our Country Director on the impact of this escalating crisis on children.
Forcibly displaced populations experience an increased burden of mental illness. Scaling up mental health (MH) services places new resource demands on health systems in crises-affected settings and raises questions about how to provide equitable MH services for refugee and host populations. This study investigates barriers, facilitators, and proposed solutions to MH financing and access for Lebanese populations and Syrian refugees in Lebanon, a protracted crisis setting.
The UN Security Council has voted to support a US-resolution backing a ceasefire plan in Gaza. Although this move comes too little too late for hundreds of thousands of children, it offers a critical lifeline that must be implemented immediately, says War Child.
In a recent statement with 19 NGOs, we explained how humanitarian aid is disintegrating in Gaza. But what does this mean specifically for War Child? Are we still on the ground providing support to children? Sahar Smoom, our Country Director in the occupied Palestinian territory, shares the latest.
The use of feedback to address gaps and reinforce skills is a key component of successful competency-based mental health and psychosocial support intervention training approaches. Competency-based feedback during training and supervision for personnel delivering psychological interventions is vital for safe and effective care.
