IASC Information Note on Disability and Inclusion in MHPSS

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This document contains guidance for strengthening the disability inclusiveness of MHPSS responses and programmes in emergency settings. It is intended to supplement the IASC Guidelines on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings (2007).

Overal Objective

To consider and address the mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) requirements of persons living in emergency settings with all types of disabilities on an equal basis to the MHPSS requirements of all persons, using a human rights-based approach and implementing social-ecological frameworks.

1.1 Specific objectives
  • Ensure that MHPSS programming in emergency settings is accessible and inclusive of persons with all types of disabilities. 
  • Support the deinstitutionalization of persons living in long-stay institutions and stand-alone hospitals. 
1.2 Target audience 

MHPSS actors and organizations implementing MHPSS programmes/activities and working in emergency settings, particularly members of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee MHPSS Reference Group (IASC MHPSS RG). 

1.3 Frameworks 

Social-ecological, human rights and United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)4 frameworks.

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