Challenges and opportunities to combat depression facing the Americas were the topics of a new analysis by experts scheduled April 6 at the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). The event was part of the 2017 World Health Day observation on the topic of Depression: Let's Talk.
Speakers included the Director of PAHO, Carissa F. Etienne; the Minister of Public Health and Social Assistance of the Dominican Republic, Altagracia Guzman; and Pamela Collins, Director of the Office for Research on Disparities and Global Mental Health, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health. Also speaking were Daniel Vigo, from the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, and Patricio Marquez, the World Bank's leading specialist in public health.
The experts outlined the best strategies to improve access to quality care to treat depression and other mental disorders. For additional information select this link.
Related materials:
- Depression: let's talk website
- Mental Health Program (PAHO)
- Depression and other common mental disorders. Global Health Estimates
- Scaling-up treatment of depression and anxiety: a global return on investment analysis
- Depression: let's talk Campaign app
- #LetsTalk
