Annual Meeting: "Transforming Mental Health for All" session covered WHO's latest report on global mental health
The World Health Organization (WHO) released its most extensive analysis of world mental health in 20 years with the “World Mental Health Report” and a panel of experts discussed the report at the GMHAN Annual meeting earlier this month. Watch the full session here.
With cross-sector partners and advocates, this session explored how the report can serve as a blueprint for transforming mental health for all. WHO, civil society organizations, lived experience advocates and policymakers discussed the contents of the report and how it can be used for advocacy and campaigning around the world.
The following people took part in the session:
Chair: Enoch Li, CEO Bearapy, UnitedGMH and Mental Health Movement board member, honorary mentor GMHPN, China
Devora Kestel, Director of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, WHO
Angie Tarr, Mental Health Unit, Government of Liberia
Raj Mariwala, Mariwala Health Initiative, India
Ahmad Nisar, Mental Health Activist, Afghanistan
Cristina Carreno, Mental Health Advisor, MSF
Useful links that were shared during the session:
Learn about the work of Mariwala Health Initiative
MHI's latest book: Queer Affirmative Counselling Practice
Join the Global Mental Health Peer Network (GMHPN)
Learn more about MSF Mental Health
Government of Liberia, Ministry of Health
Learn about the work of Ahmad
Link to Cultivation of Users Hope, Liberia
Our next webinar will cover violence and mental health: opportunities for prevention and intervention drawing on new research from the Lancet's latest Intimate Partner Violence commission.
