Partners: Queen Margaret University, UK, St. Joseph University of Beirut, Lebanon, World Health Organization, Turkey, Attacks On Health Care Initiative, and World Health Organization, Switzerland
Northwest Syria (NWS) is a conflict area with challenging political, economic, demographic and social dynamics. The region has a high number of internally displaced persons with increasingly disrupted delivery of basic services, including healthcare. Mental health needs have been increasing in the region while the infrastructure and capacity of the health sector has been negatively affected by the conflict. This study aimed to explore the provision of mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) services to communities in northwest Syria (including healthcare workers) and to assess the experiences of beneficiaries with MHPSS services.
Image: A hygiene worker educating people in a Northern Syria displacement camp about hygiene after the outbreak of a cholera epidemic in the village of Khas Aalj in 2022.
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