NCD Alliance
Advocating for integrated HIV, noncommunicable disease, and mental health responses: A toolkit for the 2026 UN High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS
Publication
13 Mar 2026
Although the COVID-19 crisis is, in the first instance, a physical health crisis, it has the seeds of a major mental health crisis as well, if action is not taken. Good mental health is critical to the functioning of society at the best of times. It must be front and centre of every country’s response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The mental health and wellbeing of whole societies have been severely impacted by this crisis and are a priority to be addressed urgently.