We prepare, sustain and support the health and wellbeing of humanitarian response and disaster relief teams in their immediate deployment into challenging work environments.
Working in high risk environments in demanding roles can take its toll on both the personal and work-life of a humanitarian aid worker.
Your organisation can play vital role in helping to support the short and long-term health and wellbeing of your staff and volunteers, assisting them to carry out effective disaster relief efforts.
Select the tabs below for recommended support:
Medical
Preparation
Medical screening to assess an individual is medically fit for the specific roles they are to undertake in a defined part of the world.
Sending organisations are provided with a Health Clearance Certificate and a full report is sent to the individual, including test results and any health recommendations.
Available face to face (45 minute medical) at an InterHealth centre or remotely via paper based forms & visiting a local doctor.
Face to face medical includes standard test package in cost of medical.
Medical screening to assess if children (1-18 years) accompanying parents on entry to a new role are fit to travel.
Sending organisations are provided with a Health Clearance Certificate and a full report is sent to the individual, including test results and any health recommendations.
Available face to face at an InterHealth centre (30 minute medical) or remotely via paper based forms & visiting a local doctor.
Face to face medical includes standard test package in cost of medical.
A travel risk assessment for pregnant women. The assessment includes advice to the individual regarding any medical issues and risks around their travel plans as well as health clearance to the employer regarding fitness to travel.
Subscribers Only: Our doctors will be at your side throughout your assignment, whether you are travelling the world on assignment, are purely office based, or a mixture of both.
We encourage you to get in touch if you are concerned about your physical or mental health and wellbeing.
Psychological
Preparation
Personal resilience is the capacity to cope with stress & adversity.
This is an interactive online questionnaire that explores an individual’s personal resilience for international assignment.
A resilience profile is created for the individual which is reviewed by an InterHealth clinician who gives relevant feedback. The sending agency will receive a report that highlights any support needs identified. Includes guidance for management, and will support your long term organisational risk management.
Post assignment a shorter review questionnaire will be available to help an individual to reflect on the impact of their recent work and any support needed.
Subscribers Only: Our team of psychological health professionals are available to prepare, sustain, and support your emotional and spiritual wellbeing whilst you carry out your assignment. By understanding your experiences, they can review what impact they might have on you, your family and colleagues, and to your social life.
We encourage you to get in touch if you are concerned about your mental health or wellbeing.
Travel
Preparation
Prepare people for assignment with the right vaccines, travel supplies and medicines and health information needed for their destination, so that they are ready for deployment. We will brief your staff individually about how to avoid preventable illness and accidents. (30 minute appointment)
Your staff will be fully informed of exposure risks for HIV, how to minimise risk, how to make a rapid assessment of an exposure incident and steps to take to access the most appropriate and timely care. A starter supply of PEP may be provided after consultation. This is an emerging treatment following potential exposure to HIV. A certification of consultation will be provided to the employee.
Regrettably a rising trend, your staff will have their awareness raised of risk situations for sexual assault and be prepared for how to think through actions to take for self-care following a sexual assault while working internationally. Sexual assault kits are available and contain emergency medicines to prevent pregnancy or HIV which work best if taken as soon as possible following an incident. A detailed advice booklet is included in the kit to help support field workers with both medical and psychological issues following an assault. Kits may only be accessed by those who have had a sexual assault consultation with one of our nurses.
Subscribers Only: If you are unable to find an answer to your questions in our health information A-Z or country specific information on the InterHealth World Map then our nurses are available on email to answer your questions then a dedicated advice line is available from Monday - Friday 2pm-3pm GMT.
Subscribers Only: If you are unable to find an answer to your questions in our health information A-Z or country specific information on the InterHealth World Map, then our nurses are available on email to answer your questions.
Subscribers Only: Order travel health supplies 24 hours a day through our online Travel Shop.
Responding in a Crisis
Medical
Support
Enables individuals to raise a single health issue with one of our doctors, e.g. feverish symptoms, suspected malaria, stomach problems.
(30 minute appointment)
Enables individuals to raise several health issue with one of our doctors, e.g. feverish symptoms, suspected malaria, stomach problems.
(60 minute appointment)
Subscribers Only: Our doctors will be at your side throughout your assignment, whether you are travelling the world on assignment, are purely office based, or a mixture of both.
We encourage you to get in touch if you are concerned about your physical or mental health and wellbeing.
Subscribers Only: We provide a 24 hour emergency line which you can call from anywhere in the world.
Psychological
Support
Help individuals to identify what they need following a traumatic event and to decide on what to do next. This guidance and support is also suitable for those with responsibility for the welfare of affected staff.
(60 minutes)
To help people coming to terms with trauma. Focussed post trauma psychological support and continuing care in a secure setting. (90 minutes)
For Family Liaison specialists within an organisation who require psychological support & professional guidance during and or after liaising with a family. (60 minutes)
InterHealth provides specialist support and guidance following critical incidents. Where possible onsite support may be available however assistance is always accessible via Skype, online or telephone to enable an appropriate organisational response to the challenging situation.
Routine Check Ups
Medical
Support
Routine screening medical examination for an individual mid-way through their assignment to address any new health concerns and review any pre-existing conditions.
Sending organisations are provided with a Health Clearance Certificate and a full report is sent to the individual, including test results and any health recommendations.
Available face to face at an InterHealth centre (45 minute medical) or remotely via paper based forms & visiting a local doctor.
Face to face medical includes standard test package in cost of medical.
Routine screening medical examination for children (1-18 years) mid-way through parent’s assignment to address any new health concerns and review any pre-existing conditions.
Sending organisations are provided with a Health Clearance Certificate and a full report is sent to the individual, including test results and any health recommendations.
Available face to face at an InterHealth centre (30 minute medical) or remotely via paper based forms & visiting a local doctor.
Face to face medical includes standard test package in cost of medical.
Psychological
Support
An opportunity for individuals to review their personal resilience & identify what action to take to strengthen it.
(60 minutes)
Travel
Support
Subscribers Only: Order travel health supplies 24 hours a day through our online Travel Shop.
Managing Stress and Adversity
Psychological
Support
An evaluation of mental health and review of medication issues with advice & follow up. A psychiatric report is available on request.
Available as a full (1.5 hour) or short (45 minute) consultation.
This appointment is for anyone who finds themselves troubled or unable to resolve any concerns by themselves or with the people who are usually supportive.
(60 minutes)
For anyone who requires on-going professional counselling to help address issues of personal development, or identify, and manage specific difficulties. Available in groups of six sessions at a time.
(60 minutes)
A "Here and Now" approach to understanding and overcoming psychological health problems. It focuses on an individual’s thoughts and behaviours, and how, by challenging and changing them can enable them to be more in control of their life, and feel better equipped to manage. (60 minutes)
An initial consultation to enable an organisation to support anyone feeling troubled or experiencing difficult times, to discuss any issues and decide on a way forward. This may include a referral for personal counselling at InterHealth or elsewhere. (60 minutes)
Subscribers Only: Our team of psychological health professionals are available to prepare, sustain, and support your emotional and spiritual wellbeing whilst you carry out your assignment. By understanding your experiences, they can review what impact they might have on you, your family and colleagues, and to your social life.
We encourage you to get in touch if you are concerned about your mental health or wellbeing.
Reducing Sickness Absence
Medical
Support
Prevent long term sickness absence where possible with a rapid referral and response from Occupational Health (OH). We will identify any health issues and make clinical recommendations. Individuals must be referred within six weeks of absence. This is a 30 minute telephone consultation with a short report to the organisation.
In cases where there are employee health concerns, or performance issues, our OH team can make recommendations to your organisation.
For UK based staff we can undertake site visits, home visits and hospital visits as required. For international staff this will be a telephone appointment.
We will identify any health issues and make clinical recommendations in a report to the organisation. (60 minute consultation)
Following an initial Occupational Health Consultation, a follow-up consultation may be recommended to review the individual’s health.
We will identify any health issues and make clinical recommendations in a report to the organisation. (Up to 60 minute consultation)
Medical
Review
Enables individuals to raise a single health issue with one of our doctors, e.g. feverish symptoms, suspected malaria, stomach problems.
(30 minute appointment)
Enables individuals to raise several health issue with one of our doctors, e.g. feverish symptoms, suspected malaria, stomach problems.
(60 minute appointment)
Screening for individuals who are not returning to their role to remedy health issues incurred during assignment.
Sending organisations are provided with a Health Clearance Certificate that an individual is fit for resuming life and work in their home country. A full report is sent to the individual, including test results and any health recommendations.
Available face to face at an InterHealth centre (45 minute medical) or remotely via paper based forms & visiting a local doctor.
Face to face medical includes standard test package in cost of medical.
Screening for children (1-18 years) whose parents are not returning to assignment to remedy health issues incurred during assignment.
Sending organisations are provided with a Health Clearance Certificate and a full report is sent to the individual, including test results and any health recommendations.
Available face to face at an InterHealth centre (30 minute medical) or remotely via paper based forms & visiting a local doctor.
Face to face medical includes standard test package in cost of medical.
Subscribers Only: Our doctors will be at your side throughout your assignment, whether you are travelling the world on assignment, are purely office based, or a mixture of both.
We encourage you to get in touch if you are concerned about your physical or mental health and wellbeing.
Psychological
Review
Subscribers Only: Our team of psychological health professionals are available to prepare, sustain, and support your emotional and spiritual wellbeing whilst you carry out your assignment. By understanding your experiences, they can review what impact they might have on you, your family and colleagues, and to your social life.
We encourage you to get in touch if you are concerned about your mental health or wellbeing.
