Wednesday 7 July 2021 from 15:30 to 17:00 BST
Conflict-driven internal displacement has an acute impact on the health of those who are forced to flee as internally displaced persons (IDPs). Nowhere is that negative impact more evident than in the prevalence of depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental health problems that appear to affect male and female IDPs in different ways. How, then, can health policy and interventions respond to the crisis of mental health in these underserved IDP populations?
This third and final webinar builds on earlier HIDN expert workshops and webinars with researchers and policy actors that identified IDPs as often the population most affected by disease and death in conflict contexts. In this session, three presentations by leading HIDN researchers share cutting edge research on how infectious diseases move through IDP populations and the implications for health responses:
- “Georgian and Ukrainian IDPs and their Mental Health Problems” - Professor Nino Makhashvili, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia
- “Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and its Determinants among Ethiopian IDPs” - Dr Derebe Madoro - Dilla University, Ethiopia
- “Mental Health among Displaced Children in Colombia” - Professor Maria Helena Restrepo Espinosa, Universidad del Rosario, Colombia, and Dr Ilse Flink, VVOB, Rwand
This webinar is hosted by HIDN researcher JohnBosco Chika Chukwuorji, University of Nigeria, Nigeria.
Join for this important webinar discussion. Please also feel free to forward the details of this event to your colleagues or networks as appropriate. Participants will be able to ask questions and share comments through online moderation. The event will be held in English and take place online, with the event recording made available afterwards.