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Message from the President
Dear Friends, Peace be upon you. Every year, there is a World Day Against Substance Abuse and Alcohol Abuse. Its topic this year (26 June 2000) was “Facing reality – denial, corruption and violence.” Alcohol, if abused, can have tremendous consequences, although it is legally available while narcotics are not. Infants and children can face…
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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…
~World Mental Health Day Report 1998~
New Zealand The Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand celebrated World Mental Health Day as part of Mental Health Awareness Week. The Mental Health Commission publicized the theme of human rights, with particular attention to the stigma and discrimination often experienced by consumers of mental health services.
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~World Mental Health Day Report 1998~
Spain More than 2,500 people demonstrated in the center of Madrid on 10 October to show solidarity with the mentally ill, to campaign for better care, and to protest the lack of adequate programs. The demonstration, using the slogan “Mental Health in Action,” was organized by FEMASAM (Federacion Madrilena Pro Salud Mental – Madrid Federation…