Europe Salzburg Seminar on Global Health Recommendations for WHO WFMH Senior Consultant Eugene B. Brody was an invited participant at a “Salzburg Seminar Special Session” held from 8 to 12 July 2000 on “Critical Issues in Global Health: Leadership Challenges in the 21st Century.” The session held at the Schloss Leopoldskron in Salzburg, Austria, was…
NATIONAL FOCAL POINTS National Committee for Elderly P.O. Box 32333 BAHRAIN Tel: 973 688634/685442 Fax: 973 780112/686954 Division of Aging and Seniors Health Canada 473 Albert Street Ottawa K1A OK9 CANADA Tel: 613 941 6642 Fax: 613 957 7627 Md. Mokhleshur Rahman Secretary Ministry of Social Welfare Bldg. No. 6, Room No. 311 Bangledesh Secretariat…
Fast Facts About Job Stress The U.S. National Institute for Occupation Safety and Health reports stress related disorders are quickly becoming the most prevalent reason for worker disability. Recent research shows that at least 40% of employee turnover in the United States is due to on-the-job stress. Xerox estimates that it costs between 1 to…
NATIONAL FOCAL POINTS Ms. Lisa Ibenfeldt Schultz Head of Section Ministry of Social Affairs Asiacisk Plads DK-1448 Copenhagen K DENMARK Tel: 45 1 3392 0000 Fax: 45 1 3154 0533 Ms. Ann Keto-Tokoi, M. Sc. Senior Advisor Ministry of Social Affairs and Health P.O. Box 267 00171 Helsinki Finland Tel:358 0 160 3227 Fax:358 0…
International Center for Psychosocial Trauma, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA Syed Arshad Husain, director of the International Center for Psychosocial Trauma at the University of Missouri-Columbia, USA, a WFMH Collaborating Center, helped to organize psycho-social relief efforts for victims of the major earthquake in Western India on 26 January 2001. Together with two colleagues he visited…
2001 WFMH World Congress The World Assembly for Mental Health Vancouver, Canada, 22-27 July The Congress management company, Venue West Conference Services, has already mailed a colorful First Announcement to the Federations members to draw attention to the dates of the 2001 World Assembly. Check the conference website at http://www.venuewest.com/wamh2001. The Assembly (a name chosen…
Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean SAPTEL, the Mexican telephone counseling service, is preparing to expand its work to the state of Chiapas. With the support of the Pan American Health Organization of WHO and the Chiapas State Ministry of Health, service will be provided in the capital city first, then to the entire state….
Second World Conference on the Promotion of Mental Health and the Prevention of Mental and Behavioral Disorders A program of the World Federation for Mental Health in collaboration with The Clifford Beers Foundation 11-13 September 2002 Commonwealth Conference and Events Center Kensington High Street London W8 6NQ UK This meeting follows the Inaugural World Conference…
Dear Friends, Our 50th anniversary continues to provide unique opportunities to draw attention to global mental health through WFMH’s partnerships with its member organizations and with the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Bank, media programs and others. One such opportunity was the global advocacy campaign to try to influence the reorganization of WHO’s administrative…
African Regional Council/WFMH Africa A project to support persons with disabilities, submitted by a partnership of WFMHs African Regional Council and the Canadian Mental Health Association to the Canadian International Agency for Development (CIDA) in August 1998, was approved for funding in December 1999. The project is designed to strengthen the African Regional Councils linkages…
