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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | WHO meet adopts mental health resolution by Aarti Dhar

WHO meet adopts mental health resolution by Aarti Dhar

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published Published on Jan 24, 2012   modified Modified on Jan 24, 2012

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has adopted a resolution that focuses on the global burden of mental disorders and the need for a comprehensive, coordinated response from health and social sectors at the country level.

United States of America and Switzerland supported the resolution moved by India at the just-concluded 130{+t}{+h}executive board meeting of the WHO.

This marks the first time in over a decade that the WHO has, at its highest levels, taken note of this very major public health concern.

Mental disorders account for 13 per cent of the global burden of the diseases and, in keeping with the latest thinking, the resolution recognises the importance of early identification, care and recovery, the problems of stigma, poverty and homelessness and the need for community-based intervention including deinstitutionalised care.

India had played a key role in getting mental disorders included in the non-communicable diseases (NCDs) list at the first Ministerial Conference on Healthy Lifestyles and Non-communicable Disease Control in Moscow last year. Pleading for its case, India had argued that “like all non-communicable diseases, mental disorders required long term treatment and affected the quality of life.” India is already working towards framing a mental health policy based on internationally accepted guidelines.

A 12-member group entrusted with framing the National Mental Health Care Policy and Plan will prepare a situational analysis of the need for mental health care, taking into account the issues of human resources, essential drug procurement and distribution, advocacy, prevention, and rehabilitation of patients.


The Hindu, 24 January, 2012, http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/article2826802.ece


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