English Situation Report on Afghanistan and 2 other countries about Food and Nutrition, Health, Epidemic and more; published on 25 Feb 2021 by OCHA and WHO
Strengthening Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in 2021
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This document describes what UNHCR operations can do to strengthen the integration of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) within their programming. It builds on the Operational Guidance for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Refugee Programming and summarizes the main progress made by UNHCR towards strengthening MHPSS within the various sectors.
Scope of the problem
According to WHO, around 22% of adults in conflict settings have mental health conditions.
This is almost triple to non-conflict settings. There is no generally accepted estimate for children but it is clear that children who are refugees, IDPs or who live in conflict settings have high levels of mental health issues. This increased prevalence of mental health conditions and psychosocial problems of displaced communities is determined by:
UNHCR’s Approach to Evaluating the COVID-19 Response for Refugees and other Persons of Concern
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the response of States and the role of international cooperation and assistance will be subject to cross-cutting thematic and institutionally focused evaluations globally during 2021-22. The Global Evaluation Coalition, facilitated by OECD DAC Evaluation Network (EvalNet), brings together OECD members development assistance evaluation units, with those of partner countries and UN system organizations in an effort to reduce the evaluative footprint and harmonize evaluation and synthesis work where practical.
Within the UN system, in addition to individual organizational COVID-19 response evaluations, three main COVID-19 response evaluations are planned: the Inter-Agency Humanitarian Evaluation (IAHE) of the Global Humanitarian Response Plan (GHRP) led by OCHA; an evaluation of the Response and Recovery Multi-Partner Trust Fund (MPTF)
Risk of Instability, Tension Growing, amid Glaring Inequalities in Global COVID-19 Recovery, Top United Nations Officials Warn Security Council
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SC/14422
The sweeping and devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are continuing to grow, and so too are the risks of instability and tension amidst glaring inequalities in the global recovery, senior United Nations officials warned today during a Security Council videoconference on the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on international peace and security.
The meeting focused on the implementation of resolution 2532 (2020), adopted on 1 July 2020, in which the Council expressed its support for the Secretary-General’s appeal, made 100 days earlier, for a global ceasefire to help unite efforts to fight COVID-19 in the world’s most vulnerable countries. Through that text, the 15-member organ also called for an immediate 90-day humanitarian pause to enable the safe, unhindered and sustained delivery of life-saving assistance