WHO is currently accepting applications for its global mentoring program, MENTOR-VIP, which is designed to assist junior-injury prevention practitioners in developing specific skills through structured…WHO is currently accepting applications for its global mentoring program, MENTOR-VIP, which is designed to assist junior-injury prevention practitioners in developing specific skills through structured…
This webinar was organized to present an intervention model that offers a particularly promising form of collaboration, training, ongoing support, and building of care networks in the Region: the…
PAHO/WHO units of Mental Health and Substance Use and Adolescent Health jointly organized a webinar on Adolescent Mental Health with the participation of speakers from the Americas.
Many mental health problems begin in childhood or…
This webinar was part of the activities organized in the Region to celebrate World Health Day, which is observed on 7 April to mark the anniversary of the founding of WHO in 1948. This year's…Journalists from Latin America and the Caribbean were invited to participate in a webinar to examine challenges and best practices when reporting on suicide. Dr. Dan Reidenberg, Executive Director of Suicide Awareness Voices of Education (SAVE) made a presentation on the subject. The seminar took place on the occasion of World Health Day, April 7…
The Indian Law Society is pleased to announce admissions for the eleventh batch of the International Diploma in Mental Health, Human Rights and Law for the academic year 2018-19.
The Diploma, launched in October 2008, is a result of collaboration between the World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva, and the Indian Law Society (ILS) Pune, India. The…
Since 2016, Chile´s Ministry of Health has undertaken the task of strengthening the competencies of primary health care (PHC) teams to address mental health, neurological and substance use problems, as an…
PAHO-WHO Bahamas & Turks and Caicos Country Office, hosted a train the trainers session on Mental Health and the High School Literacy Program, December 11-13, 2017. The session highlighted…The Ministry of Health of Bolivia, through the National Program for the Prevention and Treatment of Addictions, with PAHO/WHO support, organized a training workshop in Cochabamba, December 13-5, for implementing WHO's mhGAP Intervention Guide for mental, neurological and substance use disorders in non-specialized health settings.
It was attended…