WFP Wellbeing vs ADVANTAGE Diary

The WFP Wellbeing app is a practical guide to looking after your health and wellbeing, for all staff and their families. It has over 40 sections, covering topics including diet, exercise, coping with trauma, and mood. It provides a wealth of tips and advice on how to improve your wellbeing under challenging conditions. A fundamental of self-improvement is self-assessment: the app provides private self-assessment so you can find out how you’re doing now and what you might want to work on next. The app includes a section for families and there are contacts for direct and confidential access to counsellors. There's even a way to discover what a WFP acronym means, so you can navigate the specialised language of the organisation to get the help you need ...or even just to know what someone is talking about. All the content is based on research and best practices condensed into practical tools and tips to help staff manage psychological and physical risks associated with humanitarian work. The material is highly contextualized to WFP and includes several videos of staff talking about their experiences, providing advice to staff, how they cope with the challenges and several other areas of relevance to the type of work we do. The core information is universally applicable, but we are also rolling out information specific to every country and duty station including local contacts and services available in your local area. Because internet connectivity is not always a given in our line of work, the app works well offline, so tips and advice are always available. The platform website is wellbeing.wfp.org. Please send us feedback on your thoughts and topics you would like to see covered. We are constantly updating the material so check back often.

Do you want to track your pain levels and share them with researchers? Do you want to contribute to the advancement of pain science and management? If so, you might be interested in ADVANTAGE Diary, a new app developed by CDH and the ADVANTAGE consortium. ADVANTAGE Diary is a simple and easy-to-use app that lets you record your pain characteristics, and triggers reminders on a daily basis. ADVANTAGE Diary helps you share your pain data anonymously with the ADVANTAGE consortium, a network of leading pain researchers and clinicians from the United Kingdom. By using this app, you are contributing to a large-scale research project led by the ADVANTAGE consortium, which aims to improve the understanding of pain mechanisms and develop better treatments for people with chronic visceral pain. ADVANTAGE Diary is free to download and use for anyone who wants to record their pain. Whether you have chronic pain or occasional pain, Pain Diary can help you participate in cutting-edge pain research. Download ADVANTAGE Diary today and join the ADVANTAGE community!