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Financing, News, Publications, UHC
Brief: Financing mental health for all
With mental health at the forefront of the conversation in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the opportunity for once-in-a-generation change is being presented. The integration of mental health into universal health coverage (UHC) reforms during the run in to 2030 (the target year for the Sustainable Development Goals which include achieving UHC) is being promoted as a key pandemic response, recovery and preparedness element, and as we argued in our previous brief in this series, universal mental health coverage is also a fundamental right.
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Financing, HIV & TB
Putting mental health at the heart of the HIV and TB global response
Two weeks ahead of critically important discussions on the new strategy of the Global Fund to Fights AIDS, TB and Malaria, it is increasingly clear that unless mental health moves from being seen as a “bolt on” to the HIV and TB response, reaching the global targets to end these epidemics will remain elusive.
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Financing, News
Investing in mental health: A panel discussion around the World Bank Annuals
As Covid-19 continues to highlight the importance of good mental health for all, the IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings provide a timely platform for a high-level discussion around this urgent issue.
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Education, Financing, News, Systems, UHC
Our statement to the 74th World Health Assembly
The tragedy of the COVID-19 pandemic of the past year has put mental health into sharp focus across the world. The extraordinary increase in mental health needs - with the added challenges of COVID-19 - is taking its toll on already overburdened mental health services.
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