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On World Mental Health Day, we reiterate the message of Dutch Minister Sigrid Kaag and former Cordaid colleague in Iraq Hala Sabah Jameel: mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) <\/strong>need to be part of efforts to build and sustain peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sinjar, Northern Iraq. Cordaid psychosocial worker Sonita Khalil talks to a Yazidi mother who survived ISIL brutalities. \u00a9 Mickael Franci \/ Cordaid<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In Northern Iraq, Cordaid\u2019s mental caregivers and psychosocial workers, such as Sonita Khalil<\/a>, give their all to help people deal with severe levels of anxiety and other trauma-related disorders. But qualified staff, equipment, drugs, and resources are lacking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLike in many other parts of the world, mental health care services are still shrouded in stigma and prejudice, underrated, and understaffed,\u201d minister for foreign trade and development cooperation of the Netherlands Sigrid Kaag and Dr. Hala Sabah Jameel claim in an op-ed recently published by Devex<\/a>. The mental health system in which mental caregivers work in Iraq \u201chas gaps as big as bomb craters\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMHPSS is crucial for individuals, families, communities, and decision-makers to be able to recover, rebuild, resume livelihoods, and foster reconciliation.\u201d<\/p>Sigrid Kaag and Hala Sabah Jameel<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

As long as these gaps exist, the suffering of displaced and traumatized people increases. \u201cTraumas accumulate. With time, treatment becomes more urgent and more difficult\u201d, they say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minister Kaag and Dr. Sabah Jameel urge the international community to recognize the importance of mental health and psychosocial support in efforts to help conflict-affected countries overcome their past. And to invest in mental care for people who are affected by conflict. \u201cMHPSS is crucial for individuals, families, communities, and decision-makers to be able to recover, rebuild, resume livelihoods, and foster reconciliation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the op-ed by Minister Kaag and Dr. Sabah Jameel published by Devex<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CORDAID\u2019S MHPSS WORK IN IRAQ<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Cordaid first started providing primary health care in the Kurdish region of Iraq in 2017, serving displaced people from Sinjar and host communities. Given the need, mental health and psychosocial support services were later integrated into the health facility\u2019s services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, the MHPSS program covers nine locations in five governorates of Iraq, working closely with Iraq\u2019s Ministry of Health and United Nations clusters. Cordaid recently began research on MHPSS and peacebuilding in two districts of Iraq.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more<\/a> about World Mental Health day<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more about Cordaid\u2019s mental health work in Iraq:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018My kids saw a lot of things\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Returning to Sinjar and the struggle to provide mental health services<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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