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19 May 2025

Cambodia Advances Mental Health Priorities Ahead of WHO Special Initiative for Mental Health Launch

As mental health needs rise globally, Cambodia is taking a significant step forward by preparing to join the WHO Special Initiative for Mental Health (SIMH). With plans underway to ...

5 May 2025

Building Resilience Through Preparedness: Scaling Up Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Bangladesh

In December 2024, the WHO Country Office for Bangladesh, in collaboration with the Government of Bangladesh and UNHCR, led a series of national MHPSS preparedness activities—markin ...

3 October 2023

Advancing access to affordable, quality mental health services through a systems-strengthening approach

Launched in 2019, the WHO Special Initiative for Mental Health aims to ensure universal health coverage involving access to quality and affordable care for mental health, neurologi ...

21 January 2021

Country in focus: early implementation of WHO Special Initiative for Mental Health in Ukraine

In September 2020 Ukraine’s programme design was finalized and validated by the Ukraine Ministry of Health (MOH). From September 2020, Ukraine colleagues began implementation of ea ...