P-to-P, April 10, 2024 [AlterPresse] — Cases of suicidal tendencies, once a taboo subject, are increasingly being disclosed, particularly among displaced communities with the violence and terror of armed gangs, alert the psychosocial teams of the International Organization for Migration ( Oim) in a report sent to the online agency AlterPresse.
Mental health initiatives were supported by the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (Ops/WHO) in 7 sites of displaced people, indicates the Office in Haiti for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs of the United Nations (Ocha ), in a report covering the period from Friday April 5 to Tuesday April 9, 2024.
In these aforementioned sites, 18 people were able to benefit from individual psychological support sessions.
40 participated in group sessions and 42 children benefited from recreational therapy sessions.
342 displaced people received mental health support, including 91 men, 237 women and 14 children, through the activities of two mobile clinics, carried out on Tuesday April 2 and Thursday April 4, 2024, by the Health Directorate of the Department of Health. ‘Ouest (Dso) with the support of Ops/WHO and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
In addition, a group therapy session took place with a total of 18 participants.
During the deployment of mobile clinics in the 7 sites, 550 people, including 39 pregnant women, benefited, from Friday April 5 to Monday April 8, 2024, from services including medical care, psychological assistance, prenatal consultations, medical referrals, awareness and support.
From Tuesday April 2 to Thursday April 4, 2024, 50 multifunctional community health workers (Ascp) and 20 healthcare providers from the North-East department were trained in psychological first aid and stress management, recalls Ocha.
Having been supported by Ops/WHO, this training aimed to integrate mental health services into the cholera response.
In March 2024, the organization Concern Worldwide provided psychological services to 72 people, during an awareness campaign carried out in Croix-des-Bouquets (north-east of Port-au-Prince) and Martissant (south).
Through local and national partner organizations, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) continues to provide remote case management services, through an emergency telephone helpline for psychological support, guidance and case documentation.
On Sunday April 7, 2024, at rue Benoît, in the town of Petit-Goâve (West department, 68 km south of Port-au-Prince), Wilgens Kerry Jean-Jacques, aged twelve, s He committed suicide with the gun of his father, Evard Jean-Jacques.
Wilgens Kerry Jean-Jacques committed the act after being whipped by his mother. [emb rc apr 10/04/2024 15:10]
