The Global Advocate
A blog from United for Global Mental Health and partners, offering diverse opinions and insights on global mental health advocacy.
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HIV/TB, News
An opportunity this World AIDS Day
This World AIDS Day falls at the end of the most extraordinary year. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented difficulties for all of us, not least the wave of mental health challenges, which are now putting pressure on already overburdened mental health services.
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News
Reflecting on 2021: Highlights from our year so far
Reflecting on 2021: Highlights from our year so far
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HIV/TB, News
NEW GLOBAL FUND STRATEGY MEANINGFULLY INTEGRATES MENTAL HEALTH
The Board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has approved its organisational strategy to guide the Fund from 2023 to 2028. The new strategy meaningfully includes mental health for the first time.
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News
A look back at World Mental Health Day 2021
A greater range of groups across more countries than ever before took part including people with lived experience, civil society organisations, academics, governments and the private sector.
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News, Suicide Decriminalisation
It’s time to decriminalise suicide, reducing stigma and saving lives
One in every 100 deaths worldwide is the result of suicide. And some 700,000 people around the world die by suicide every year; for every one person who dies, it is estimated that 20 more have attempted to take their own lives.
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Governments: World Mental Health Day 2021
Action by governments is essential if the right to good mental health is to be exercised everywhere.
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News
Mental health in an unequal world: World Mental Health Day 2021
As people everywhere mark World Mental Health Day we will be calling for talk to turn to action.
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World Mental Health Day 2021: Accelerating momentum on mental health
With World Mental Health Day just around the corner (10th September 2021), it is set to be an impactful few weeks for the global mental health community.
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