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Assessment of service provider competency for child and adolescent psychological treatments and psychosocial services in global mental health: evaluation of feasibility and reliability of the weact tool in Gaza, Palestine

The objective of this study was to evaluate the reliability and utility of the newly developed Working with children – Assessment of Competencies Tool (WeACT) to assess service providers’…

Can't Wait To Learn: boosting education outcomes

Some 59 million children of primary school age affected by armed conflict have no access to education - and innovations are urgently required to bridge this learning gap. Our digital education…

A call for greater conceptual clarity in the field of mental health and psychosocial support in humanitarian settings

When the Interagency Standing Committee (IASC) adopted the composite term mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) and published its guidelines for MHPSS in emergency settings in 2007, it aimed…

Participation by conflict-affected and forcibly displaced communities in humanitarian healthcare responses: A systematic review

Community participation in health responses in humanitarian crises is increasingly promoted by humanitarian actors to support adoption of measures that are relevant and effective to local needs. This…

Trajectories of psychological symptoms and resilience in conflict-affected children in low- and middle-income countries

Longitudinal studies on children's and adolescents' psychological reactions to conflict-related traumatic events in low- and middle-income countries are scarce. This study aimed to analyse children's…

Scaling up mental health care and psychosocial support in low-resource settings: a roadmap to impact

Despite global attention to mental health and psychosocial support services and a growing body of evidence-support interventions, few mental health services have been established at a regional or…

VoiceMore: Orphan and separated children

This report outlines a VoiceMore project led by a group of young people living in Bidi Bidi refugee settlement in the Yumbe district of northern Uganda, supported by War Child. It details their…

Play and movement – key to better school performance for refugee children

Children new to The Netherlands perform markedly better at school if their social-emotional well-being is given priority, a new evaluation report has found. The report, a collaboration between War…

Developing STRETCH and understanding stigmatisation

War Child undertook a qualitative study with adolescents and adults in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to learn about processes and drivers of stigmatisation. These efforts towards a common…

Urgent Action to Provide Food Parcels in Lebanon

Lebanon remains in the grip of an economic crisis. Typical monthly food costs have more than doubled over the past six months - and vital services have been heavily disrupted in the wake of the…