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AMR in humanitarian settings! This MSF report highlights the pressing need to develop a context-adapted approach to AMR for vulnerable groups such as newborns, malnourished children, those who have sustained trauma injuries, and women and girls living in humanitarian settings. #WAAW2024 #AMR #AMRAWARENESSWEEK

The European Union hosts the 8th Brussels Conference on "Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region" today, providing a platform for crucial dialogue among Syrian civil society groups, including local, regional, and diaspora voices, alongside key UN agencies, EU representatives, international NGOs, and third countries. Lena Schellhammer, Program Manager for Syria and Türkiye at Malteser International, is attending the event. One central topic on the agenda is investing in the #health workforce in #Syria. The health system is severely underfunded, with many healthcare workers having lost their lives and countless others leaving the country. The conference highlights the importance of implementing long-term solutions, such as sustainable healthcare programs, education and training, and expanded mental health services, while also addressing the immediate humanitarian crisis. In northwestern Syria, #MalteserInternational is supporting the operation of eight hospitals, including two women's and children's hospitals, as well as seven basic health centres in the Idlib and North Aleppo regions. We extend our deepest gratitude to the courageous medical staff who continue to provide vital care to those in urgent need, despite the challenges they face. #SyriaConf2024 #HumanitarianAid #SyriaConference

Amazing research. The snapshot reveals findings which lays the foundation for both implementation research, to evaluate the impact of different care delivery models on specific settings, and further research guided on the co-created guide for the selection of best primary health care delivery models in different settings. It was a great honor to be part of the research team and thanks Ngo Bibaa Lundi-Anne Omam for the great experience. The Snapshot is an interesting read and I recommend any one interested in humanitarian health to dive in.

Service delivery in conflict-affected settings is constrained by numerous factors, prompting humanitarian organizations to use varied models of care to deliver primary healthcare (PHC) to affected communities. In our Elrha-funded research, we identified nine models of care used by #humanitarian organizations in conflict settings in Cameroon and Nigeria. Our findings suggests there is value in further research on integrated approaches to delivering comprehensive PHC, particularly to address unmet mental health and non-communicable disease needs. Improving the humanitarian reporting matrix (5W) to include details on the models of care used in specific geographies could enhance coordinated planning and address gaps with complementary approaches. Our study team developed a decision-making framework that can guide the selection of appropriate PHC models in complex environments like #Cameroon and #Nigeria, which will be presented in a forthcoming publication. Read more on our research through this Snapshot.  https://lnkd.in/eqgmYC9j Rosalind Parkes-Ratanshi Kelli O'Laughlin Zara Wudiri Tendongfor Nicholas #primaryhealthcare #Health4All

On Friday we began telling you about a number of new studies from the ReBUILD team (liminal health systems in Myanmar/Thailand - https://lnkd.in/escMWfca) Today's looks at the role of the diaspora in supporting health system resilience in fragile and shock-prone settings. Health systems in fragile and conflict-affected states are compromised by brain drains of populations and medical talent, lack of infrastructure investment, and overreliance on external aid, amongst many other factors. However, diaspora populations originating from those states may contribute significantly to rebuilding health system capacity and resilience through various engagement pathways, which we believe are under-explored in the published literature. This study explores how human, financial and social capital from the diaspora can strengthen local health system functioning. There's more on the study and its methodology here. https://lnkd.in/enXDeBW4 Image: An optometrist examines a man’s eyes in a MAPS health facility in Beqaa, Lebanon. MAPS (Multi-Aid Programs) is a humanitarian, community-based, non-profit organisation focused on refugees and vulnerable populations. Its four programs, one of which is healthcare, seek to empower displaced Syrians, with the majority of programs designed and implemented by Syrian refugees themselves. MAPS is supported through donations from the Syrian diaspora. Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Institute for Global Health and Development, QMU Sophie Witter Karin Diaconu Lucas Sempé Ghanshyam Gautam, PhD HERD International Thazin La Rouham Yamout Charafeddine Alaa Dafallah

In 2021, Beirut’s Municipality launched the city’s first-ever mobile health clinic with support from the Global Cities Fund (GCF), providing free, accessible healthcare to marginalized communities, regardless of origin and migration status. Fast forward to today, Lebanese cities are facing a new crisis. Israeli hostilities in Lebanon have displaced more than 1.2 million Lebanese from the south into Beirut and northern cities. Once focused on testing and vaccinating migrants and refugees, the municipality is now deploying the clinic to deliver medicine and lifesaving healthcare services to remote areas of Beirut with the highest number of displaced Lebanese. In just a few days, the clinic has provided care to over 300 displaced families with plans to stay deployed for as long as needed. While it still has a lot to prove, the GCF is already demonstrating that trusting in cities to respond to displacement today can lead to quicker and more effective responses to displacement in the future. Dozens of cities in Lebanon now need that same trust and support from the international community. For more information on how to help them, contact our GCF Strategic Partners, UN-Habitat Lebanon. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/g633Dk6W

Practicalities around implementing MPDSR in humanitarian crisis settings

EUPHA underscores the urgent public health implications of the ongoing Gaza conflict. This is a time for collective responsibility and action to ensure no one is left behind and that public health remains a priority, even under the most challenging circumstances. In our statement, we highlight: • The critical need to protect civilians by ensuring access to healthcare and essential services. • The importance of safeguarding public health infrastructure to prevent further crises. This is a call to action for governments, international organizations, and the public health community to address the escalating humanitarian needs and support equitable access to care in the region. 📄 Read the full statement here: https://lnkd.in/e8_39pug #PublicHealth #Gaza #HumanitarianAid #HealthInCrisis #GlobalHealth

Are UN & other World bodies News / Media agencies that they are only providing News instead of taking any Action so far... The UN’s latest humanitarian situation update on Gaza highlights the plight pregnant women there are facing, including the growing challenges in accessing “life-saving care”, Al Jazeera reports. Due to attacks on healthcare facilities by Israeli forces, the repeated forced displacement of Gaza’s population as well as lack of ambulances, thousands of pregnant Palestinian women are in danger, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reports. The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) estimates that some 30,000 pregnant women are facing acute hunger in Gaza, more than 10,000 are “on the verge of famine” and almost 7,000 are already experiencing “famine conditions”. Additionally, 155,000 pregnant and breastfeeding women in Gaza are in urgent need of increased food aid, UNFPA reports.

Benin has adopted multiple strategies for reducing #MaternalMortality and #NewbornMortality, including the implementation of clinical mentoring across all health zones to improve quality of care. In this new video, Clarisse AHANHANZO AGONGLO of Benin's Ministry of Health says clinical mentoring is a strategy that's made "a splash" nationally and one that "echoes throughout the sub-region" in West Africa. Listen to also hear how Benin has implemented a national taskforce that brings together technical, financial, and government partners to regularly review priorities to define other customized #MNCH interventions, like clinical mentoring. #MNHMovementMaker #SDGs #GlobalGoals #ChildSurvivalAction #MaternalHealth #NewbornHealth #ChildHealth #EWENE_CSA cc: MINISTERE DE LA SANTE DU BENIN; Every Woman Every Newborn Everywhere; Child Health Task Force; UNICEF Africa; United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA); UN Women; The Global Financing Facility (GFF); World Health Organization; World Health Organization African Region; Fonds Francais Muskoka; UNFPA WCARO | West and Central Africa