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.
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.
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≫ 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
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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
≫ 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
≫ Workstreams: Empowerment and inclusion of people with lived experiences
≫ Disorders: Alcohol/substance use disorders
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≫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
≫ Workstreams: Training, education and capacity-building, Prevention and promotion, Advocacy and awareness
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≫ 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
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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
≫ 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
≫ 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
≫ 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
≫ 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
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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
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≫ 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
≫ Workstreams: Training, education and capacity-building, Prevention and promotion, Advocacy and awareness, Service delivery (diagnosis, care and rehabilitation)
≫ Disorders: Dementia and other neurocognitive disorders
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≫ 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
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≫ 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