ASEAN workshop on rehabilitation and mental health support for ordnance victims held

 

The National-Level Workshop on Physical Rehabilitation and Mental Health Needs Support for Explosive Ordnance Victims in the ASEAN Region was organized in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday.

Speaking at the event, Union Minister of Social Welfare, Relief and Rehabilitation Dr Soe Win said the explosive ordnance victims suffer mental issues, and it impacts their families and surroundings to a certain extent. The rehabilitation process for the victims should be long-term operation, and therapy, vocational training, mental health counselling, and proper methods to ease their pain also should be provided.

The meeting will set a better roadmap for the explosive ordnance victims based on the data found during the field study.

Then, Executive Director Ms Rothnia Buth of ASEAN Regional Mine Action Centre (ARMAC) remarked, and attendees discussed the assistance for mine victims, international mine action standards, and fieldwork findings.

MNA/KTZH

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