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With support from USAID, the Implementation Science Collaborative (ISC) champions the use of data to improve health interventions and policies in low and middle-income countries. CUNY (CIMH-CIRGH) serves as anchor within the ISC, by leading the mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS LC) Learning Collaborative together with other partners. The MHPSS LC fosters joint learning, capacity development, and supports evidence advocacy and dissemination through regular partner convenings, webinars, the MHPSS Knowledge Hub and support to dissemination and translation activities.
We host a directory of experts in a wide range of disciplines and methodological areas from across our global network of collaborators
We maintain a list of upcoming webinars, conferences, and learning collaborative meetings as well as upcoming funding opportunities
We collaborate with a wide range of funding, technical, implementing, and academic partners from across the globe.
We maintain a collaborative platform for sharing and maintaining psychosocial and mental health resources and research materials, including our data repository
Established in 2020, the MHPSS LC is a global network of practitioner and researcher pairings, policy-makers, donors and other stakeholders who regularly convene to collaborate on intervention studies, evidence-to-use products, and identification of emerging priorities in low resource settings. The group includes a network of more than 200 participants from more than 60 organizations across 20 countries. The LC has supported webinars, publications, and dissemination events.
Supported through USAID’s HEARD project, the ISC MHPSS LC aims to identify priorities informed by diverse stakeholders, link experts, identify opportunities for collaboration, and facilitate information exchange.
The LC is co-hosted by CUNY Graduate School of Public Health, Universidad de los Andes, The East, Central and Southern Africa Health Community (ECSA-HC), and HIAS. Click here to read previous LC meeting reports. If you would like to join our MHPSS Learning Collaborative, please reach out to francesca.mclaren@sph.cuny.edu
Interventions
Community-based Mental Health Landscaping
With support from USAID’s HEARD project, ISC partners are landscaping community-based mental health programs and related policies in select countries within Latin America, Africa, Asia, and Eastern Europe. Our locally led partnered approach relies on review of existing literature and stakeholder network development—and is supported by the MHPSS Learning Collaborative. Products in development include a digital database and short summary report.
