News
Thank you to the Hewlett Foundation
On behalf of United for Global Mental Health, I’m pleased to share the news that the Hewlett Foundation has donated $250,000 to our work.
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The Global Advocate
A blog from United for Global Mental Health and partners, offering diverse opinions and insights on global mental health advocacy.
Articles
Mind our rights now! The 2021 Global Mental Health Summit
Next week the Global Mental Health Summit will take place in Paris, hosted by the French Government. Following on from the summits in London in 2018 and Amsterdam in 2019, this third summit will be a milestone moment in mobilising the global community to accelerate progress on rights in mental health, and promote quality care systems.
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News, Suicide Decriminalisation
Decriminalising suicide: Saving lives, reducing stigma – our latest report
Ahead of World Suicide Prevention Day this week, we are pleased to launch our latest report - Decriminalising Suicide: Saving Lives, Reducing Stigma. Produced with the support of Thomson Reuters Foundation’s TrustLaw programme and an international law firm who led and conducted the research, it is designed as a tool for campaigners and advocates seeking to decriminalise suicide around the world.
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Education, News
A mental health tsunami in Tonga
By Dr Leonaitasi Hoponoa, founder of the Tonga Mental Health and Disabilities Association
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Mental health: The missing piece of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria
For too long mental health has been a missing piece of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria.
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HIV/TB
Bending the curve: the impact of integrating mental health services on HIV and TB outcomes
We are at a pivotal moment in the fight against HIV and TB. As the world gears up for a final push towards its goal of ending the pandemics by 2030, strengthening health systems and protecting the world’s most vulnerable has never been more important.
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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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News
Fit For Life Foundation joins the Leadership Circle
We are pleased to announce that Fit for Life Foundation are the latest members to join our Leadership Circle. As part of a select group of philanthropists, Fit for Life Foundation will work with United for Global Mental Health to better understand the mental health challenges facing older people, the link between mental health and physical activity, and how businesses can support employees’ mental health by enabling them to be more physically active.
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Mental health is health…and we cannot afford not to fund it
Funding for global mental health remains critically short - less than 1% of development assistance for health and less than 1% of philanthropic health funding is spent on this pressing issue.
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News, Universal Health Coverage
An historic moment for mental health
Mental Health took a leading role at the 148th session of the World Health Organisation's Executive Board this month.
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