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.

  • Afghanistan

  • Bahrain

  • Djibouti

  • Egypt

  • Iran (Islamic Republic of)

  • Iraq

  • Jordan

  • Kuwait

  • Lebanon

  • Libya

  • Morocco

  • Oman

  • Occupied Palestinian Territory

  • Pakistan

  • Qatar

  • Saudi Arabia

  • Somalia

  • Sudan

  • Syrian Arab Republic

  • Tunisia

  • United Arab Emirates

  • Yemen

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

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

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

Coalition Members

  • HealthNet TPO

    • Advocacy and awareness, Empowerment and inclusion of people with lived experiences, Service delivery (diagnosis, treatment, care and rehabilitation),Training, education and capacity-building

    • Depression / anxiety / stress-related disorders

  • Syria Al Gad Relief Foundation

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

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

    Egypt Health Foundation

    • 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, Psychosis/bipolar disorder, Self-harm/suicide

    Narcotic Anonymous Egypt

    • Workstreams: Empowerment and inclusion of people with lived experiences

    • Disorders: Alcohol/substance use disorders

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  • HealthNet TPO - Afghanistan

    • Disorders: Depression / anxiety / stress-related disorders

    Syria Al Gad Relief Foundation - Egypt

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

    Egypt Health Foundation - Egypt

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

    Narcotic Anonymous Egypt - Egypt

    • Disorders: Alcohol/substance use disorders

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