Out of the Shadows: Making Mental Health a Global Development Priority
This two-day series of events, co-hosted by the World Bank and the World Health Organization during the World Bank-International Monetary Fund Spring Meetings, aims to move mental health from the margins to the mainstream of the global development agenda.
During the two days, ministers of finance and development agencies will hear how countries of all income levels have successfully scaled up mental health services, often using innovative approaches.
The World Health Organization and the World Bank will present the expected economic, health and social returns from investing in mental health services. Particular focus will be given to the mental health challenges that result from mass migration and sustained conflict, and how they can be overcome.
Highlights
- A high-level panel “Making Mental Health a Global Development Priority”, at which Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank and Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization will be joined by finance, social affairs and public health experts; and
- an Innovations Fair at which mental health experts from around the world will showcase successful mental health projects in which they have been involved.
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