World Mental Health Day 2022: Make Mental Health & Well-being For All A Priority

World Mental Health Day: Make Mental Health & Well-being For All A Priority

Written by Dr. Poonam Khetrapal Singh, WHO Regional Director for South and East Asia

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In light of the recent adoption of the Paro Declaration

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on universal access to people-centered mental health care and services

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WHO is encouraging Member States in the South-East Asia Region to take greater action in support of World Mental Health Day.

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Before the COVID-19 pandemic, about 1 in 8 people worldwide experienced mental illness.

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In low and middle-income countries, treatment gaps were especially severe.

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One in seven people in the South-East Asia Region experienced mental illness

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