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| Year : 2008 | Volume
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| Issue : 3 | Page : 323-326 |
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Recent experiences and future challenges with implementation in South Asia: the IASC Guidelines on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings
Satyabrata Dash1, Lene Christensen2
1 Psychosocial Support Programme Delegate for IFR Cat the Cyclone SIDR Operations, Bangladesh Delegation
2 Technical Advisor at the IFRC Reference Centre for Psychosocial Support (http://psp.drk.dk) in Copenhagen, Denmark., Denmark
Correspondence Address:
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
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The initiatives for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support by the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies are presented, using the case of a cyclone in Bangladesh. The IASC Guidelines on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings have proved useful, but need to be made operational through joint efforts by different actors, through dissemination to grass root rural levels, and through planning in the non emergency phase.
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