Caoimhe Nic a Bhaird

Caoimhe Nic a Bhaird, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Specialist, UNICEF Global Programme Division Dr Caoimhe Nic a Bhaird is a Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) Specialist based at UNICEF Headquarters. Her work focuses on developing tools to improve the effectiveness of MHPSS for children, young people, and caregivers in humanitarian emergencies and supporting UNICEF country offices to integrate MHPSS into child protection programming. She has worked in contexts affected by conflict, natural disasters, public health emergencies, and refugee crises worldwide, including in Liberia, Nepal, Dominica, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Poland, and Iraq. Caoimhe is the UNICEF lead for the IASC MHPSS Minimum Service Package and served as co-chair of the global IASC Thematic Group on MHPSS for Children and Families for two years. Prior to her work in humanitarian settings, she was an academic researcher at University College London, where her work focused on improving the effectiveness