No health without mental health: The urgent need for mental health integration in Universal Health Coverage

No health without mental health: The urgent need for mental health integration in Universal Health Coverage

User profile image Angela - EENet Yoda Master
Nov 30, 2020 @ 1:43 am

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Half of the world's population do not have access to the health services they need, and the majority of those who need mental health care do not have access to good quality support and services. On Thursday 10th December, ahead of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Day, we will be hosting a discussion on a new report that fully lays out the latest evidence on how critical it is to integrate mental health into the UHC agenda, and how the world can do this.

Register for your place today to join the conversation featuring a panel of experts including Prof. Shekhar Saxena, former Director of the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse at the WHO, and Charlene Sunkel, Chief Executive Officer of the Global Mental Health Peer Network with lived experience.

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User profile image Angela - EENet Yoda Master

Key messages from the webinar

  • Niall Boyce - The message is that not just mental health should be part of UHC but UHC will not be a success without the integration of mental health.
  • Florence Temu - Mental health should not be looked at as supplemental but as integral [to UHC]. We need to minimise lost opportunities and emphasise prevention and health promotion.
  • Champika Wickramasinghe - Integrating mental health into primary care is the most important thing. That way we can ensure everybody has access to mental health services.
  • Safi Malik - To achieve UHC, integrating health services, including mental health interventions within that, is the best remedy to address the treatment gap.
  • Charlene Sunkel - We must place people with Lived Experience at the centre of policy and practice, because we can add great value as key partners within the process.
  • Shekhar Saxena - Working together is key. If we can work together within the health and the development sector we can make integration possible.

For more webinar notes, visit https://unitedgmh.org/no-healt...rsal-health-coverage

Dec 15, 2020 @ 2:30 am
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