Implementation of a Mental Health Care Package for Children in Areas of Armed Conflict: A Case Study from Burundi, Indonesia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Sudan

Mark J. D. Jordans; Wietse A. Tol; Dessy Susanty; Prudence Ntamatumba; Nagendra P. Luitel; Ivan H. Komproe; Joop T. V. M. de Jong

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001371

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Implementation of a Mental Health Care Package for Children in Areas of Armed Conflict: A Case Study from Burundi, Indonesia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Sudan

Mark J. D. Jordans ,

* E-mail: mark.jordans@hntpo.org

Affiliations Research and Development Department, HealthNet TPO, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Centre for Global Mental Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Wietse A. Tol,

Affiliations Research and Development Department, HealthNet TPO, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Dessy Susanty,

Affiliation HealthNet TPO South Sudan, Wau, South Sudan
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Prudence Ntamatumba,

Affiliation APRODEM-Girizina, Bujumbura, Burundi
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Nagendra P. Luitel,

Affiliation Transcultural Psychosocial Organization Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Ivan H. Komproe ,

¶These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliations Research and Development Department, HealthNet TPO, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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Joop T. V. M. de Jong

¶These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliations VU University Medical Center, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Implementation of a Mental Health Care Package for Children in Areas of Armed Conflict: A Case Study from Burundi, Indonesia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Sudan

Mark J. D. Jordans,
Wietse A. Tol,
Dessy Susanty,
Prudence Ntamatumba,
Nagendra P. Luitel,
Ivan H. Komproe,
Joop T. V. M. de Jong

Published: January 15, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001371

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