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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News, Systems

World leaders discuss mental health at the G7 Summit

A week ago, seven of the “world’s most influential and open societies and advanced economies” met at the Carbis Bay G7 Summit in the UK. Whilst mental health was not a main item on the agenda of the meeting of Canada, Japan, Germany, France, Italy, UK, and the USA, plus the EU, it was included in talks regarding the world’s response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Financing

Investing in mental health

As one of the largest financiers of global health in the world, the World Bank Group has the potential to play a unique and game-changing role in increasing and improving finance for mental health.

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