Publication
17 Oct 2018
This thematic issue of the Pan American Journal of Public Health is part of a continued collaboration between the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) and PAHO/WHO
Strategy document
17 Oct 2018
This document gives the general concensus from the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and the Ministry of Health at the “1st Regional Meeting of Users of Mental Health Service and their Families.”
Report
17 Oct 2018
This booklet provides latest available estimates of the prevalence of depression and other common mental disorders at the global and regional level, together with data concerning the consequences of these disorders in terms of lost health.
Publication
17 Oct 2018
This paper gives a situational analysis of indigenous adolescents and youth, highlighting the need for investment and scaling up of key health interventions.
Fact sheet
17 Oct 2018
Charts showing Jamaica's status in several key areas of the FCTC and how it compares with the rest of the Region of the Americas.
Guide
17 Oct 2018
The mhGAP-Intervention Guide (mhGAP-IG) is a resource to facilitate delivery of the mhGAP evidence-based guidelines in non-specialized health care settings.
Report
17 Oct 2018
This report on the work of WHO in the African Region 2010, presents the progress made in the first year of the biennium and has been prepared for submission to the sixty-first session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa.
Fact sheet
17 Oct 2018
This fact sheet presents an overview with key facts on suicide, its risk factors, challenges, and WHO response in the African Region.
Fact sheet
17 Oct 2018
This information sheet provides answers to frequently asked questions on the roles of legislation and legal interventions in the region of the Eastern Mediterranean to prevent and control noncommunicable diseases.
Report
17 Oct 2018
This report, based on a consultative process and extensive literature reviews, provides information to improve access to essential medicines for mental disorders. It examines current barriers to access to psychotropic medicines and identifies key act...
Report
17 Oct 2018
This document presents an integrated strategy for mental health system development that will lead to enhanced service delivery, improved outcomes, and improved human rights for people with mental disorders.
Report
17 Oct 2018
To better understand this vexing issue, 78 mental health experts representing 42 countries were surveyed on the relative usefulness of different methods to expand community-based mental health services, and/or to downsize institution-based care. Resu...
