Report
07 Mar 2024
Delve into “Financing Mental Health: the current situation and ways forward” that examines the critical need for immediate and sustained investment in mental health worldwide. Key findings from the report include: The global annual...
Guide
12 Feb 2024
ASH welcomes several groundbreaking decisions that will kick start global progress to accelerate the end of the tobacco epidemic:Human Rights Decision: encourages Parties to consider including WHO FCTC principles and implementation efforts when engag...
Article
08 Feb 2024
Meaningful engagement of people living with health conditions means actively incorporating them in all stages of health decision-making. Despite efforts by global health agencies and governments towards meaningful engagement of people living with non...
Publication
07 Dec 2023
United for Global Mental Health presents a new brief titled “Development Assistance for Mental Health 2023,” which unveils the evolving landscape of global support for mental well-being. Today, despite a growth in aid in general, only a hand...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
07 Dec 2023
Key facts Depression is a common mental disorder. Globally, an estimated 5% of adults suffer from depression. More women are affected by depression than men. Depression can lead to suicide. There is effective treatment for mild, moderat...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
25 Oct 2023
The SUNI-SEA NCD Self-Care Application, developed by HelpAge International Myanmar under the SUNI-SEAproject, presents an opportunity to address the challenge of reaching people in need under constrained service delivery conditions. The app...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
20 Oct 2023
Key facts By 2030, one in six people in the world will be aged 60 years or over. Loneliness and social isolation are key risk factors for mental health conditions in later life. One in six older adults experience abuse, often by their own c...
Guide
09 Oct 2023
Laws on mental health often fail to address discrimination and human rights violations including in mental health care settings. In order to support countries in this area, the World Health Organization and the Office of the High Commissioner for Hum...
Publication
09 Oct 2023
One in seven people suffers from migraines, including 10% of children, but the winners of the 2021 Brain Prize may have a cure. Migraines have long been attributed to stress, but scientists have now found a chemical trigger called CGRP and have devel...
Publication
05 Oct 2023
Previous Global Ministerial Mental Health Summits (London, Amsterdam, Paris and Rome, in chronological order) have played a crucial role in fostering international collaboration and raising awareness about the pressing issues surrounding mental healt...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
27 Sep 2023
Key facts Anxiety disorders are the world’s most common mental disorders, affecting 301 million people in 2019. More women are affected by anxiety disorders than men. Symptoms of anxiety often have onset during childhood or adolescence....
Briefs & Fact Sheets
12 Sep 2023
Decriminalization of suicide and suicide attempts represents one critical step governments can take in their efforts to prevent suicide. The WHO Policy Brief on the health aspects of decriminalization of suicide and suicide attempts cites d...
