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Four decades of war, political upheaval, economic deprivation, and forced displacement have had a significant and negative impact on Afghan populations.

In this episode of Heartbeat of Humanity, IFRC Psychosocial Centre Communications Officer Jesper Guhle interviews Mental Health and Psychosocial Health Specialist, Rebecca Horn, on her recent evaluation of the functions and activities of the PS Centre.

The last seven years' activities and functions of the PS Centre have been reviewed and evaluated by an independent consultant, Rebecca Horn. The 80-page Evaluation Report was finalized earlier this year, and now a summary of key challenges and achievements is available.

2022 proved to be the PS Centre's busiest year. The combined force of emerging and sustained humanitarian conflicts, food crisis, inflation, and the devastating consequences of a seemingly unstoppable climate change as well as a still-lingering global pandemic, created unprecedented uncertainty and a huge demand for mental health and psychosocial support. The PS Centre received more requests for support from National Societies and other MHPSS stakeholders than at any time before.

In this episode of Heartbeat of Humanity, IFRC Psychosocial Centre Technical Advisor Arz Stephan interviews Guleed Dualeh, MHPSS Technical Advisor, on how to ensure carer for staff and volunteers, including caring for staff and volunteer training-workshops, self-care, the buddy-system, trust and confidentiality.

During and after emergencies, people go missing. Recognizing the significance of supporting people in search of their missing loved ones, the PS Centre has published new language adaptions in Arabic and French of two RFL publications that provide guidance on supporting families.

In support of Arabic-speaking MHPSS practitioners, the PS Centre has published a new MHPSS vocabulary containing 547 words in English that have been translated into Arabic through a consultative and consensus-based process.

All Red Cross Red Crescent National Societies are asked to fill in the survey to monitor MHPSS services in the Movement as well as putting MHPSS on the world map.

During and after emergencies, people go missing. Recognizing the significance of supporting people in search of their missing loved ones, the PS Centre has published two new one-pagers that provide guidance on supporting families.