National Deputy Incident Commander Atek Kagirita shares Uganda's #IncidentManagementSystem and where #MHPSS can be integrated. Uganda has impressive depth of experience to teach others as we engagrvin outbreak preparedness and response in Africa. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine UK Health Security Agency Africa CDC

With 2 groundbreaking interviewees and a quick learning team we have our very first podcast! Grab a ☕️ and listen to something positive about how mental health can be supported in disaster & conflict situations 🌍⚠️ MH InnovationNetwork MHIN Asia Hub Red de Innovación en Salud Mental LAC SUCCEED Africa FCDO Global Health Research

Today, we mourn the passing of a true champion for human rights and inclusion, Dr. Bhargavi V Davar.

Read our statement: linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…

This sad news marks a great loss to the disability movement. Bhargavi was a tireless campaigner for an alternative vision of community inclusion, and she will be sorely missed.

Very honoured to take up the role of Chair. Looking forward to working with the board, taskgroups & members over the coming years. Civil society networks are critical for driving progress. IDDC celebrates 30 years of important work. 👏 cbm-global.org/news/mary-keog… IDDC

It is encouraging to see such wide collaboration for the common good achieving results. If we can do this and implement for #IHR , then we can perhaps reinvigorate similar global processes for climate and SDGs.

#mentalhealth care in #humanitarian settings mustn’t overlook anyone

👀 👇 for my blog with Julian Eaton to discover how this is becoming more inclusive & how partnerships with people with disabilities are vital

#InclusiveHealth MHPSS Network Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) World Blind Union #MentalHealthMatters

Implementation of the World Health Organization's QualityRights initiative in Ghana: an overview | BJPsych Open | Cambridge Core - bit.ly/4by6PkD

PAHO Programme Director, Caribbean, Mr. Dean Chambliss on World Health Organization (WHO) #QualityRights : This #mentalhealth initiative challenges us to rethink traditional approaches and adopt a model of care that truly respects rights and meet the needs of individuals

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Mind And those of us working in PHE at the time, are also clear, that there is so much to learn from what happened and we too want to play our part in the opportunity to be transparent and accountable and to examine, review and learn. Office for Health Improvement and Disparities

The UK Covid-19 Inquiry has decided not to fully consider mental health. This is a devastating oversight.

The mental health impact of the pandemic was enormous.

This decision lets down millions of us who have been, and still are, affected by the pandemic. 1/2

...and our colleagues in #Philippines #Bangladesh and other Asian countries having to stop work because of a record-breaking heat wave. #ClimateEmergency

🗞 The April MHINIBITE Newsletter highlights a summary infographic on Alcohol, peer-led highlights, mental health resources, events, opportunities and more mental health updates.
📌 Read more-> mailchi.mp/lshtm/april202…

Thinking of our colleagues and friends in Kenya living through unprecedented floods....after years of addressing drought in other parts of the country. CBM Kenya
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Good to see this translation into English. There should be more translation of such important resources in the other direction!

Merci d'être venus à l'événement de lancement de la collection spéciale sur la santé mentale, la stigmatisation et les MTN. Tous les articles sont accompagnés d'un résumé en français et en espagnol, ce qui, je l'espère, rendra la recherche plus accessible. academic.oup.com/inthealth/supp…

Was a great pleasure to co-edit this Supplement on #MentalHealth and #NTDs with Laura Dean LSTM and to publish so many great papers. I commend it to you. Thanks to all who came along to the launch London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

📣 The International Labour Organization published yesterday a report on how climate change is impacting workers' health globally

👏 Fantastic to see a full section of the report (pg. 100-101) dedicated to the mental health impacts of climate change among workers

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