~World Mental Health Day Report 1998~

Italy This is the fifth year that the Italian Association for Mental Health (AISME-Associazione Italiana per la Salute Mentale) and the Florence Municipality have collaborated on the October event, in partnership with an ever-increasing number of public and private organizations around Florence and in other parts of the country. AISME forwarded an account of World…

~World Mental Health Day Report 1998~

Kenya The Division of Mental Health in the Ministry of Health devotes considerable attention to a countrywide mental health campaign, which includes a National Event held each year in a different part of the country to provide local education and encouragement. This year the theme was “Mental Health and Individual Rights.” The Health Minister gave…

1999 INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF OLDER PERSONS

NATIONAL FOCAL POINTS Policy Office on the Ageing Society, Management and Coordination Agency of Japan 3-1-1, Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8905 JAPAN Inra Baranovska Chief Specialist Social Care Division Department of Social Assistance Ministry of Welfare Skolas Str. 28 Riga, LV-1331 LATVIA Tel: 371 2 270 #248 Fax: 371 2 276 445 Japan NGO Conference for…

1999 INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF OLDER PERSONS

NATIONAL FOCAL POINTS Natalie Lavery Manager, Senior Citizen Unit Social Policy Agency Department of Social Welfare Private Bag 21, Wellington NEW ZEALAND Tel: 64 4 471 0321 Fax: 64 4 472 4543 The Secretary Committee for International Year of Older Persons c/o Family Development Division 512 Thomson Road #14-00, MCD Bldg. Singapore 298136 SINGAPORE Tel:…

1999 INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF OLDER PERSONS

NATIONAL FOCAL POINTS Patience Wilson & Angela Ruggles Social Care Group 5 Department of Health 205/220 Wellington House 133-155 Waterloo Road London SE1 809 UNITED KINGDOM Tel: (44) 171 972 4036 Fax: (44) 171 972 4202 E-mail:[email protected] Dr. M. Mizraji Director, INASAM Instituto Nacional de Solidaridad con el Adulto Mayor Av. 18 de Julio 1892…