Regional Coalition for Mental Health and Substance Use Prevention

Connect . Share . Engage . Participate

About the Regional Coalition

Our community-driven interactive platform – the first of its kind in the Region – aims to support civil society organisations connect, share knowledge on evidence-based initiatives and programmes implemented at country and regional levels, engage and participate in events organised by WHO and other countries. Your involvement in the Coalition will support WHO’s work in mental health and substance use through:

  • Strengthening and scaling up of inclusive community-oriented mental health services through the integration of mental health and substance use in the universal health coverage basic package of services delivered through primary health care centres;

  • Developing and implementing programmes, tools and interventions to combat the stigma and minimise discrimination faced by people with mental, neurological and substance use disorders and promote equal access to health services, employment and education;

  • Advocating for enhanced political commitment and visibility for mental health and substance use disorders to be integrated into all national health and social development policies;

  • Securing the financial resources to scale up community-based, and integrated mental health and substance use services;

  • Advocating for inclusion of mental health and psychosocial support in emergency preparedness, response and recovery policies, strategies and plans of countries and sister agencies;

  • Enhancing the capacity of humanitarian workers to provide mental health and psychosocial support in crisis and emergencies; Developing and framing a priority public mental health and substance use research agenda for the Region;

  • Strengthening the capacity of mental health and substance use operational research in the Region.

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Coalition Membership

WHO’s Eastern Mediterranean Region comprises 21 Member States and the occupied Palestinian territory (including East Jerusalem), with a population of nearly 679 million people.

  • HealthNet TPO

    Workstreams: Training, education and capacity-building, Advocacy and awareness, Empowerment and inclusion of people with lived experience, Service delivery (diagnosis, care and rehabilitation)

    Disorders: Depression / anxiety / stress-related disorders

  • Syria Al Gad Relief Foundation

    Workstreams: Training, education and capacity-building, Prevention and promotion, Advocacy and awareness, Empowerment and inclusion of people with lived experience, Service delivery (diagnosis, care and rehabilitation)

    Disorders: Child behavioural and developmental disorders, Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders

    Egypt Health Foundation

    Workstreams: Training, education and capacity-building, Prevention and promotion, Advocacy and awareness, Empowerment and inclusion of people with lived experience, Service delivery (diagnosis, care and rehabilitation), Policy and legislation

    Disorders: Psychosis/bipolar disorder, Self-harm/suicide, Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders, Dementia and other neurocognitive disorders, Child behavioural and developmental disorders, Alcohol/substance use disorders

    Narcotic Anonymous Egypt

    Workstreams: Empowerment and inclusion of people with lived experiences

    Disorders: Alcohol/substance use disorders

  • Our Step Association

    Workstreams: Training, education and capacity-building, Prevention and promotion, Advocacy and awareness, empowerment and inclusion of people with lived experience

    Disorders: Psychosis/bipolar disorder, Self-harm/suicide, Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders, Dementia and other neurocognitive disorders, Child behavioural and developmental disorders, Alcohol/substance use disorders, Epilepsy/seizures

    Royal Health Awareness Society (RHAS)

    Workstreams: Training, education and capacity-building, Prevention and promotion, Advocacy and awareness, empowerment and inclusion of people with lived experience

    Disorders: Alcohol/substance use disorders

    EMPHNET

    Workstreams: Training, education and capacity-building, Prevention and promotion, Advocacy and awareness

    Disorders:

  • Kuwait Aid Network

    Workstreams: Policy and legislation, Training, education and capacity-building, Advocacy and awareness, empowerment and inclusion of people with lived experience

    Disorders: Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders

  • Society for Inclusion and Development in Communities (SIDC)

    Workstreams: Policy and legislation, Training, education and capacity-building, Prevention and promotion, empowerment and inclusion of people with lived experience, Service delivery (diagnosis, care and rehabilitation), Advocacy and awareness

    Disorders: Psychosis/bipolar disorder, Self-harm/suicide, Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders, Alcohol/substance use disorders

    Mentor Arabia

    Workstreams: Training, education and capacity-building, Prevention and promotion, Advocacy and awareness

    Disorders: Child behavioural and developmental disorders, Alcohol/substance use disorders

    Amel Association International

    Workstreams: Training, education and capacity-building, Prevention and promotion, Advocacy and awareness, empowerment and inclusion of people with lived experience, Service delivery (diagnosis, care and rehabilitation), Policy and legislation

    Disorders: Psychosis/bipolar disorder, Self-harm/suicide, Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders, Alcohol/substance use disorders

    Skoun

    Workstreams: Advocacy and awareness, Service delivery (diagnosis, care and rehabilitation), Policy and legislation

    Disorders: Alcohol/substance use disorders

    Al Amal Institute for the Disabled

    Workstreams: Training, education and capacity-building, Advocacy and awareness, Service delivery (diagnosis, care and rehabilitation)

    Disorders: Psychosis/bipolar disorder, Depression/ anxiety/stress-related disorders, Epilepsy/seizures

    Nusroto Association

    Workstreams: Prevention and promotion, Advocacy and awareness, empowerment and inclusion of people with lived experience, Service delivery (diagnosis, care and rehabilitation), Policy and legislation

    Disorders: Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders, Child behavioural and developmental disorders, Alcohol/substance use disorders

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  • Association SILA pour la santé Mentale

    Workstreams: Training, education and capacity-building, Prevention and promotion, Advocacy and awareness

    Disorders: Psychosis/bipolar disorder, Depression /anxiety/stress-related disorders, Dementia and other neurocognitive disorders

    ASSOCIATION CHAMS TENSIFT POUR LA SANTE MENATALE

    Workstreams: Training, education and capacity-building, Prevention and promotion, Advocacy and awareness, empowerment and inclusion of people with lived experience, Service delivery (diagnosis, care and rehabilitation), Policy and legislation

    Disorders: Psychosis/bipolar disorder, Self-harm/suicide, Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders, Dementia and other neurocognitive disorders, Child behavioural and developmental disorders, Alcohol/substance use disorders, Epilepsy/seizures

    Mental Health League

    Workstreams: Training, education and capacity-building, Advocacy and awareness, empowerment and inclusion of people with lived experience

    Disorders: Psychosis/bipolar disorder, Self-harm/suicide, Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders

  • Psycho Social Counseling Center For Women "PSCCW”

    Workstreams: Training, education and capacity-building, Advocacy and awareness, Service delivery (diagnosis, care and rehabilitation)

    Disorders: Self-harm/suicide, Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders, Child behavioural and developmental disorders

  • Taskeen Health Initiative

    Workstreams: Training, education and capacity-building, Prevention and promotion, Advocacy and awareness, empowerment and inclusion of people with lived experience, Service delivery (diagnosis, care and rehabilitation), Policy and legislation

    Disorders: Self-harm/suicide, Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders

    Karwan-e-Hayat, Institute for Mental Health Care

    Workstreams: Training, education and capacity-building, Prevention and promotion, Advocacy and awareness, empowerment and inclusion of people with lived experience, Service delivery (diagnosis, care and rehabilitation), Policy and legislation

    Disorders: Psychosis/bipolar disorder, Depression /anxiety/stress-related disorders, Self-harm/suicide, Dementia and other neurocognitive disorders, Epilepsy/seizures

    Alzheimer's Pakistan

    Workstreams: Training, education and capacity-building, Prevention and promotion, Advocacy and awareness, Service delivery (diagnosis, care and rehabilitation)

    Disorders: Dementia and other neurocognitive disorders

    Aga Khan Health Services

  • Youth Charity

    Workstreams: Training, education and capacity-building, Prevention and promotion, Advocacy and awareness, empowerment and inclusion of people with lived experience, Service delivery (diagnosis, care and rehabilitation), Policy and legislation

    Disorders: Psychosis/bipolar disorder, Self-harm/suicide, Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders

    Al-Batoul Association for Humanitarian Services

    Workstreams: Training, education and capacity-building, Prevention and promotion, Advocacy and awareness, empowerment and inclusion of people with lived experience, Service delivery (diagnosis, care and rehabilitation)

    Disorders: Psychosis/bipolar disorder, Self-harm/suicide, Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders, Child behavioural and developmental disorders

    AL-TA'ALOUF Association

    Workstreams: Training, education and capacity-building, Prevention and promotion, Advocacy and awareness, empowerment and inclusion of people with lived experience, Service delivery (diagnosis, care and rehabilitation)

    Disorders: Self-harm/suicide, Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders, Child behavioural and developmental disorders

    Al-Bir wa Al-Ehsan Association

    Workstreams: Training, education and capacity-building, Prevention and promotion, Advocacy and awareness, empowerment and inclusion of people with lived experience, Service delivery (diagnosis, care and rehabilitation), Policy and legislation

    Disorders: Psychosis/bipolar disorder, Self-harm/suicide, Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders, Dementia and other neurocognitive disorders, Child behavioural and developmental disorders, Alcohol/substance use disorders, Epilepsy/seizures

    Dopamine Development Association

    Workstreams: Training, education and capacity-building, Prevention and promotion, Advocacy and awareness, empowerment and inclusion of people with lived experience, Service delivery (diagnosis, care and rehabilitation), Policy and legislation

    Disorders: Psychosis/bipolar disorder, Self-harm/suicide, Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders, Dementia and other neurocognitive disorders, Child behavioural and developmental disorders, Alcohol/substance use disorders, Epilepsy/seizures

  • Tunisian Green Crescent

    Workstreams: Training, education and capacity-building, Prevention and promotion, Advocacy and awareness, empowerment and inclusion of people with lived experience, Service delivery (diagnosis, care and rehabilitation)

    Disorders: Psychosis/bipolar disorder, Self-harm/suicide, Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders, Alcohol/substance use disorders, Child behavioural and developmental disorders, Epilepsy/seizures

    BEDER Association for Citizenship and Equitable Development

    Workstreams: Training, education and capacity-building, empowerment and inclusion of people with lived experience, Policy and legislation

    Disorders: Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders, Alcohol/substance use disorders

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Civil Society Organisations and individual members of this Regional Coalition are working on a variety of disorders, across various workstreams listed below.

Workstreams

  • Advocacy and awareness 

  • Empowerment and inclusion of people with lived experiences 

  • Policy and legislation

  • Prevention and promotion

  • Service delivery (diagnosis, treatment, care and rehabilitation)

  • Training, education and capacity-building

Disorders: Alcohol/substance use disorders, Child behavioural and developmental disorders, Dementia and other neurocognitive disorders, Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders, Epilepsy/seizures, Psychosis/bipolar disorder, Self-harm/suicide

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