The Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Working Group (MHPSS SWG) is supporting the Borno State Ministry of Health with coordination, capacity building activities and provision of technical support to MHPSS partners in North East Nigeria.

Key Highlights

• Facilitated the 2nd Round of MHPSS Mapping Workshop on 11 July 2018.
The mapping workshop was attended by 43 participants from CBOs, NGOs,
INGOs, Government and UN agencies who are providing Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe States. The information collected from the workshop will be then transferred into the MHPSS Partners and Services Profile and infographic map, and it will be publicly available in the next quarter.

Highlights

• 19 Palestinians were killed and 455 injured by Israeli forces during this reporting period from 4 to 17 November1.

• Out of the 19 killed, four Palestinians were killed during the demonstrations, 14 were killed due to an Israeli attack which took place on 11 November, and one person was killed on 14 November.

90% of the active health partners reported [43/48].

68 of the sub districts reached in six governorates (Idleb, Aleppo,
Hama, Lattakia,Ar-Raqqa and Al-Hasakeh.

Over 960 K outpatient consultations provided by the health partners, showing a decrease of 7% as compared to previous month, 13% of the total provided by mobile services.

Near 987 K medical procedures provided. 10% of the total served in hard to reach areas.

Over 8,500 cases referred for specialized/secondary health care. 8% of the cases referred to Turkey.