Completed Mental Health Public Health & Healthcare

Scoping Phase of Greentree Acceleration Plan

Funder Wellcome Charity-funded
Recipient organisation PVBLIC Foundation
Funding £109K
Period Aug 2025 — Nov 2025

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People fleeing violence in Chad and Lebanon will help shape how mental health support is delivered in humanitarian crises worldwide. This scoping phase tackles a critical gap: humanitarian aid often provides emergency food and shelter, but mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) remains fragmented, under-researched, and difficult to scale across different crisis settings. Chad and Lebanon were chosen because they face acute needs but have starkly different MHPSS systems—Chad’s is nascent, Lebanon’s more developed. The project will examine how multilayered, multisectoral approaches to MHPSS can be designed and implemented effectively in both contexts, generating adaptable models rather than one-size-fits-all solutions. If successful, this work will lay the groundwork for a large-scale research programme that could transform how mental health support is integrated into humanitarian response. The findings could influence how international agencies, local governments, and NGOs coordinate care—from refugee camps to urban displacement settings. The ultimate goal is systemic, sustainable change: better evidence for what works, where, and for whom, so that mental health support becomes as routine as food distribution in emergencies.

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The Greentree Acceleration Plan aims to scale up global mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) in humanitarian settings beginning in Chad and Lebanon, fostering systemic, sustainable change. This proposal seeks support for a scoping phase of the Greentree Acceleration Plan Grant Proposal, with a special focus on building scientific readiness in country. A core component of the Plan is its contribution to the IASC’s MHPSS research agenda (MHPSS-SET-2) as well as to the broader field of global mental health research. The scoping exercise will examine how multisectoral, multilayered approaches to MHPSS can be effectively designed, implemented, and scaled across contexts. The first countries to take part—Chad and Lebanon—were carefully selected for their contrasting contexts: both face acute humanitarian needs but are at different stages in developing their MHPSS systems and capacities. This reflects the Plan’s commitment to fostering cross-context learning, leveraging diverse experiences to generate adaptable models that can strengthen MHPSS efforts worldwide. With the Wellcome Trust’s support, this scoping initiative will build the groundwork for a transformative research program that advances the understanding of effective, context-sensitive, and integrated MHPSS interventions.

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Researchers

Stephen Keppel (EPMC Awardee)

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Discretionary Award

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