06-04-2021
WHO
Syrian health-care personnel in Turkey play a crucial role in facilitating access to essential health-care services for Syrian refugees and migrants, and in helping them overcome cultural and linguistic barriers. To support their professional development, training for Turkish and Syrian health-care personnel has been made accessible via a distance learning platform during the COVID-19 pandemic.
With the contribution of distance learning experts, the previously developed training content was restructured to create an accessible, user-friendly and interesting e-learning experience. The plan to continue this vital training was initiated by the WHO Country Office in Turkey in cooperation with the Turkish Ministry of Health, with funding provided by the European Union (EU) within the scope of the “Improved access to health services for Syrian refugees in Turkey” project.
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Training for family physicians for better support of
mental health needs of refugees
In Turkey, currently host of 3.6 million Syrian refugees, family physicians play a crucial role in primary health-care services, often serving as a first contact for refugees in need of health care. Family physicians are often also the first ones who can adequately identify mental health issues and needs.
“Mental health care is extremely important. The scope of the mental health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic will without a doubt be far-reaching,” explains Dr Akfer Karaoglan KahiloÄulları, Project Manager for Mental Health at the WHO Country Office in Turkey. “Vulnerable populations such as refugees and migrants have been hit especially hard by its consequences, as public health measures such as social distancing, isolation, food and medicine insecurity, and quarantine can act as triggers of past traumas.”