Haiti Relief for MH Professionals

Memo from CIT/  HHS / OS / ASPR  Washington, DC 20201 and MHDDAD

“Where relevant, please remind people that as per IASC Guidellines action sheet 4.4 point 7, well-intending foreign mental health professionals (who are not affiliated to any organisation) should be discouraged from travelling to disaster affected regions unless they meet the following criteria:

• They have previously worked in emergency settings.

• They have previously worked outside their own socio-cultural setting

• They have basic competence in some of the interventions covered in these guidelines.

• They have an understanding of either community psychology or public health principles.

• They have a written invitation from a national or established international  organisation to work in the country.

• They are invited to work as part of an organisation that is likely to maintain a sustained community presence in the emergency area.

• They do not focus their work on implementing interventions themselves (e.g. clinical work), but rather provide support to programmes on a general level, including the transfer of skills to local staff, so that interventions and supports are implemented by local staff.”

If you are signed up for the LPCA Disaster Relief Program – WE WILL CONTACT YOU WHEN THE CALL goes out of MH Professionals.

If you are not a member of the LPCA Disaster Relief Program, sign up now by clicking the tab marked Disaster Relief.And go to the RED CROSS website and sign up for the criminal background check.
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