Global Launch of the WHO QualityRights e-training to advance mental health, eliminate stigma and promote community inclusion

Join us on Tuesday 12 April, 2022, for the launch of the WHO QualityRights e-training programme which aims to transform attitudes and practices in mental health. The launch event will include interpretation in Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish. International signing and captioning will also be available.

Overview

The e-training is a key tool for tackling stigma and discrimination and promoting mental health, recovery and community inclusion. It offers the opportunity for hundreds of thousands of people to also learn how to look after their own mental health, how to support others and how to build responsive mental health services. In doing so, the world will be on a better path to achieving good mental health outcomes. This global launch and rollout has an ambitious target – 5 million learners to have completed the e-training by the end of 2024.

How to participate

DATE: Tuesday, 12 April, 2022
TIME: 9:00 - 11:30 AM (EDT) / 3:00-4:30 PM (Geneva time) [Check the bottom of this page for local times in other cities]
REGISTER: https://who.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_swLxocnvRwOwCDcgWjacmQ
LANGUAGES: English with interpretation in Spanish, French, Arabic, Chinese and Russian. International signing and captioning will also be available.

Broadcast

Agenda

Moderator: Sir Norman Lamb, Chair, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Nothern Ireland

Welcome.
- Sir Norman Lamb
Opening Remarks
- WHO video: More than my mental health diagnosis
- Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General, World Health Organization
- Dr. Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
- Ms. Cynthia Germanotta, WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Mental Health, President and Co-founder, Born This Way Foundation
Personal perspectives
- In conversation with:
  - Ms Hauwa Ojeifo, Person with lived experience, Youth Leader and Director, She Writes Woman, Nigeria
  - Dr Ahmed Hankir, NHS Psychiatrist and person living witha mental health condition, London, United Kingdom
WHO QualityRights e-training on Mental Health, Recovery and Community Inclusion
- WHO QualityRights e-training: Overview and description
  - Dr Michelle Funk, Head, Policy, Law and Human Rights Unit, Department of Mental Health and Substance Use, WHO
- Impact of the WHO QualityRights e-training: Testimonials from platform users
Commitments from countries and organizations
- Dr Marta Temido, Minister of Health, Portugal
- Dr Olivier Véran, Minister of Solidarity and Health, France
- H.E. Ms Catalina Devandas Aguilar, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Costa Rica to the United Nations Office and other International Organizations at Generva
- Mr Sanjay Wijesekera, Director of Programmes, United Nations Children´s Fund (UNICEF)
- Dr Daniela Garone, International Medical Coordinator, Médecins Sans Frontiéres (MSF)
Close
- Dr Ren Minghui, Assistant Director-General, Universal Health Coverage / Communicable and Noncommunicable Diseases, WHO

Time correspondence

6:00 am.– Los Angeles, Vancouver
7:00 am. – Belmopan, Guatemala City, Managua, San José (CR), San Salvador, Tegucigalpa
8:00 am. – Bogota, Kingston, Lima, México City, Panama City, Quito
9:00 am. – Asunción, Bridgetown, Caracas, Castries, Georgetown, Havana, La Paz, Nassau, Ottawa, Port-au-Prince, Port of Spain, San Juan, Santiago, Santo Domingo, Washington DC
10:00 am – Buenos Aires, Brasilia, Montevideo, Paramaribo
3:00 pm. – Geneva, Madrid

For other cities, check the time in the following link