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~World Mental Health Day Report 1998~
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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…
~World Mental Health Day Report 1998~
England and Wales In 1998 the Health Education Authority decided to keep the theme of its 1997 campaign, “Positive Images, Positive Steps.” This campaign had been so successful in 1997 that the Authority felt it was valuable to keep it going. A new focus was added on challenging discrimination and promoting participation and inclusion as…