By Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, WHO Regional Director for South-East AsiaThis year’s theme of the World Mental Health Day, Mental Health is a Universal Human Right, calls for WHO, Member States and partners to accelerate efforts in mental health in a human-rights based approach. The focus of human r... Read more
By Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, WHO Regional Director for South-East AsiaThis year’s theme of the World Mental Health Day, Mental Health is a Universal Human Right, calls for WHO, Member States and partners to accelerate efforts in mental health in a human-rights based approach. The focus of human r... Read more
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That’s great! However, we need to first eliminate the stigma surrounding mental health issues.
WHO has been pushing for member states to recognize mental health as a human right.
Mental health is a universal human right; however, laws in most countries have not caught up with this fact.