Assessment of options for humanitarian child protection actors to assist children and adolescents who need specialized mental health services

The Global Child Protection Area of Responsibility (CP AoR), in collaboration with the IASC MHPSS Reference Group, contracted Mott MacDonald to assess options for humanitarian child protection actors to assist children and adolescents needing specialist ('Layer 4') mental health services.  The assessment included case study explorations in five countries to inform learning and recommendations for child protection actors seeking to improve comprehensive MHPSS care for children and their families as part of humanitarian responses. 

The five settings for the case studies included the following: Bangladesh (Cox’s Bazar); Colombia (Cazucá, between Bogotá and Soacha); DRC (Maluku within Tshangu district of Kinshasa); Iraq (Baharka Camp in Kurdistan); and South Sudan (Malualagorbaar, near Bor Town in Jonglei State).  

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