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Mom-MHPSS TF-Bekaa-20-Dec16 TITLE OF THE COORDINATION MEETING : Bekaa Mental Health and Psychosocial support Taskforce Date 20 December 2016 Time 12:00-13:00 Location UNHCR Zahle premises Duration 1h Chair Mona Kiwan-UNHCR Attendance Name Organization Email address Phone Number Selma Sevkli MdM [email protected] 70 582072 Eman Abou Asaad IMC [email protected] 76 594967 Diana Abou Naccoul TDH [email protected] 71 999382 Batoul Katoua Foshat Amal [email protected] 71 094793 Racha Fouani IRC [email protected] 71 375527 Rajaa Halabi UNHCR [email protected] 76421565 Mona Kiwan UNHCR [email protected] 79160198 1.0 Planned MHPSS activities 2017 ACTION DUE DATE 1.1 It was requested that all partners to kindly feed in the Form UNHCR will share the mail 20 Dec 2016 shared by MoPH-NMHP under the title “Feedback form on with Foshat Amal and IRC 2017 MHPSS activities” and to be shared with Nour Kik- whom have PSS activities so deadline supposed to be 19th of December 2016 they feed in it 2.0 Discussion about partners activities for 2017 ACTION DUE DATE 2.1 Foshat Amal: 12 staff (specialists in clinical, educational and Foshat Amal will start to be social psychology) working in different areas in Lebanon- present in the coordination Starting 20 Dec self funded NGO - supporting Lebanese and Syrian. They meetings- will do a 2016 work with a psychiatrist but due to lack of fund it is networking with MHPSS impossible to having him on a regular basis in Baalbeck- partners, community based need to understand the referral pathway for specialized protection and education services. Provide psycho education and MH awareness on sectors- IMC and Foshat specific topics to children and families in the informal Amal will coordinate since settlements the latter expressed the willing of their specialized staff to work in Arsal 2.2 IRC will continue in 2017 their PSS activities 2.3 IMC will mainly focus on community support group in Baalbeck, supporting families with specific needs, will continue supporting the PHC trained for mhgap in Arsal, will have in addition to Hariri PHC in Taanayel MHPSS activities in El Abrar PHC- Azzeh ; IMC will pilot in Arsal a mhgap training of OV or social workers on specific interventions and the latter will be followed by a MH professional 2.4 TDH will continue in 2017 to have PSS activities and case management from Feb-Dec2017 in Arsal, Jdeidet Fekha, Qaa, Hermel, MAQ 2.5 MdM will focus on group sessions and community based approach by tackling specific themes; to note that MdM may be able to support financially MHPSS activities in underserved areas; MdM were invited to look for Arsal support in 2017 3.0 -Discussion about gaps in Hermel/Qaa/MAQ/Arsal/Sariin ACTION DUE DATE Ali Nahri 3.1 Waiting to receive the list of PHCs trained on MH gap in Hermel since this may be a resolution to the needs 3.2 Arsal: coordination meeting will happen soon bringing all health actors along with the municipality; MH will be among the activities to discuss/will ask municipality to provide an inventory of the community with MHPSS background 3.3 IMC may consider activities in 2017 in the areas surrounding Ali Nahri/Sariin 4.0 Access of patients to psychotropic/neuroleptic medication at ACTION DUE DATE PHC level 4.1 Partners will report any problem experienced by their Partners will report problem regularly beneficiaries in regards to the access to medication from the of medication access to national essential drug list MoPH-NMHP and UNHCR 5.0 Other challenges faced ACTION DUE DATE 5.1 In MAQ the basic needs of the pocs aren’t met making the efforts in MH challenging 5.2 Violence and aggression experienced against children in few UNHCR education sector to regularly schools be informed on bad practices (Hiba Madi [email protected]) 6.0 MHPSS Indicators ACTION DUE DATE 6.1 MoPH-NMHP circulated the MHPSS draft indicators for Partners to kindly feed ASAP 20 Dec 2016 review specially for the indicators in term of priority MH if not yet done disorders to be monitored in humanitarian setting and types of evidence-based staff training to be monitored- deadline supposed to be 19th of December 2016 .
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