Comments on: Background http://trackerblog.trackernews.net HEALTH • HUMANITARIAN • TECH Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:36:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Kelli Garner http://trackerblog.trackernews.net/about/#comment-378 Kelli Garner Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:18:43 +0000 #comment-378 Really nice posts. I will be checking back here regularly. Really nice posts. I will be checking back here regularly.

]]> By: Stephen Tomlin http://trackerblog.trackernews.net/about/#comment-94 Stephen Tomlin Fri, 16 Jan 2009 22:17:37 +0000 #comment-94 Dear Janet, Kudos to TrackerNews for highlighting the crisis in mental health. The International Medical Corps team in Gaza today tells us that the requirement for mental health support is one of the highest health sector priorities. Having been associated with Somalia since the outbreak of violence in 1991, I was thus thrilled to see the video recording the small initiative in Mogadishu. Every step counts. To that end, I wanted to draw attention to the Interagency Standing Committee Guidelines on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings which were published in 2007 in English, French, Spanish and Arabic. While they are referenced in the Lancet series, they can be downloaded directly from WHO's Health Action in Crises website at http://www.who.int/hac/network/interagency/news/mental_health_guidelines/en/ The product of more than two dozen agencies coming together, they are a major step forward for organizations like International Medical Corps who are providing care on the ground and for the communities we serve. Best wishes, -Stephen Tomlin Dear Janet,

Kudos to TrackerNews for highlighting the crisis in mental health. The International Medical Corps team in Gaza today tells us that the requirement for mental health support is one of the highest health sector priorities.

Having been associated with Somalia since the outbreak of violence in 1991, I was thus thrilled to see the video recording the small initiative in Mogadishu. Every step counts.

To that end, I wanted to draw attention to the Interagency Standing Committee Guidelines on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings which were published in 2007 in English, French, Spanish and Arabic. While they are referenced in the Lancet series, they can be downloaded directly from WHO’s Health Action in Crises website at http://www.who.int/hac/network/interagency/news/mental_health_guidelines/en/

The product of more than two dozen agencies coming together, they are a major step forward for organizations like International Medical Corps who are providing care on the ground and for the communities we serve.

Best wishes,
-Stephen Tomlin

]]> By: Tom Stohlgren http://trackerblog.trackernews.net/about/#comment-87 Tom Stohlgren Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:17:11 +0000 #comment-87 Hi ya Janet, I got half a phone message from you over the holidays. I like where you are heading with TrackerNews. My research team has a silly, idealistic dream to provide "living maps" of all the bad guys (harmful invasive plants, animals, and diseases) to save money (in battling them), save the environment (being over-run with them), and save lives (humans --and the species with which we share the globe. We're making progress -- a Twitter or Google-Maps with a "data entry screen" would go a long way. -- get in touch. cheers, tom Hi ya Janet,
I got half a phone message from you over the holidays. I like where you are heading with TrackerNews. My research team has a silly, idealistic dream to provide “living maps” of all the bad guys (harmful invasive plants, animals, and diseases) to save money (in battling them), save the environment (being over-run with them), and save lives (humans –and the species with which we share the globe.
We’re making progress — a Twitter or Google-Maps with a “data entry screen” would go a long way.
– get in touch.
cheers,
tom

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