DECEMBER 2018 – JANUARY 2019 Rapid mental health and psychosocial support needs assessment in Mali Regions of Ségou, Mopti, Timbuktu and Sikasso Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Assessment, August 2019 2 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS International Medical Corps is thankful for the generous support of the Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC), which funded this mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) rapid-needs assessment. We thank all our informants in the administrative structures as well as the health structures, NGO partners and in the community. Without your valuable information, this work could not have been successful. This report and MHPSS rapid needs assessment was undertaken by Guy Bertrand Tengpe Wabette, MHPSS consultant, on behalf of International Medical Corps Mali country office. We thank the supervisors and investigators who agreed to explore deep in Mali, often in areas where security issues may have driven back people who lacked temerity. Thanks to the International Medical Corps team: I am especially thinking of Dr. Djuma Mnitima, Pacifique Kigongwe, Dr. Kouadio Jules Alla, Karol Bassim, Degninou Yehadji, Dr. Niare Boubakar, Djibril Coulibaly, Sambo Souley, Natalya Kostandova, Dr. Marcia Brophy and Claire Whitney. Your support, advice and feedback were invaluable in carrying out this work. Finally, thank you to Marius Tchassep, Aurèle Njientcheu, Georgia Bodiong and Cyril Mbia from the research action department of 3sh for their quality control and data analysis support. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT: Dr. Jules Alla Dr. Marcia Brophy Medical Director, Mali country team Global MHPSS Technical Advisor, HQ
[email protected] [email protected] TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgments 2 List of Abbreviations 4 SECTION 1 Background and Rationale 5 1 1.