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#MHForAll Webinar: Public and population mental health

This session has been brought to you by the International Initiative of Mental Health Leadership (IIMHL), an organisation that was created in 2003 to assist in global learning in mental health and respond to the need for more rapid knowledge transfer about mental health program development and innovation.

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#MHForAll: Mental Health, HIV and TB

We need to stress the importance of this topic; mental health is vital to address to ensure a successful response to the HIV and TB pandemics. If we are to achieve the SDGs we cannot do this without addressing mental health. The WHO End TB strategy explicitly calls for HIV and TB mental health support to be integrated into the person-centred approach. 

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Biannual Meeting: 10 key takeaways

The Global Mental Health Action Network (previously known as the ‘BluePrint Group’) held their first virtual Biannual Meeting of their 1000 members from 79 countries with six events over five weeks.

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COVID-19 Webinar 20: Substance use

The Lancet Psychiatry, Mental Health Innovation Network, MHPSS.net and United for Global Mental Health organises a series of regular webinars designed to provide policy makers and the wider health community with the latest evidence on the impact of COVID-19 on mental health and how to address it.

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COVID-19 Webinar 18: suicide prevention

The Lancet Psychiatry, Mental Health Innovation Network, MHPSS.net and United for Global Mental Health organises a series of regular webinars designed to provide policy makers and the wider health community with the latest evidence on the impact of COVID-19 on mental health and how to address it.

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COVID-19 Webinar 17: LGBTQIA+ mental health

The Lancet Psychiatry, Mental Health Innovation Network, MHPSS.net and United for Global Mental Health run a weekly webinar series designed to provide policy makers and the wider health community with the latest evidence on the impact of COVID-19 on mental health and how to address it.

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COVID-19 Webinar 16: Integrating mental health into health systems

The Lancet Psychiatry, Mental Health Innovation Network, MHPSS.net and United for Global Mental Health organise a series of weekly webinars designed to provide policy makers and the wider health community with the latest evidence on the impact of COVID-19 on mental health and how to address it.

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COVID-19 Webinar 15: How to support patients and caregivers

The Lancet Psychiatry, Mental Health Innovation Network, MHPSS.net and United for Global Mental Health organise a series of weekly webinars designed to provide policy makers and the wider health community with the latest evidence on the impact of COVID-19 on mental health and how to address it.

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COVID-19 Webinar 14: Mental health and poverty alleviation

The Lancet Psychiatry, Mental Health Innovation Network, MHPSS.net and United for Global Mental Health organise a series of weekly webinars designed to provide policy makers and the wider health community with the latest evidence on the impact of COVID-19 on mental health and how to address it.

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COVID-19 Webinar 13: Workplace Mental Health

The Lancet Psychiatry, Mental Health Innovation Network, MHPSS.net and United for Global Mental Health organise a series of weekly webinars designed to provide policy makers and the wider health community with the latest evidence on the impact of COVID-19 on mental health and how to address it.

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COVID-19 Webinar 9: The mental health of children, youth and carers

The Lancet Psychiatry, Mental Health Innovation Network, MHPSS.net and United for Global Mental Health have launched a series of weekly webinars designed to provide policy makers and the wider health community with the latest evidence on the impact of COVID-19 on mental health and how to address it.

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