Namibia Antonia Kangumine of the Ministry of Health and Social Services wrote from Windhoek that mental health care in her country was in a developing stage, and that the Ministry was considering the World Mental Health Day kit’s material on the protection of persons with mental illness. She added that to mark the Day “people…

Mental Health and Work (Left to right) Ms. Deborah Wan, Mrs. Rosalie Kwong, Ms. Doris Fong and Mr. Charles Yu at the World Mental Health Day event in Hong Kong. Ms. Wan is Chief Executive Officer of the New Life Rehabilitation Association, which has organized a Regional Seminar on mental health and work on 31…

Show your support; show your commitment to the improvement of mental health services all over the world. World Mental Health Day is advocacy – it is celebrated in over 100 countries, touching thousands of lives and changing the way they see mental illness. Many groups and individuals are fighting every day to create changes, to…

Yemen The Regional Vice President, Professor Hassan Kassim Khan,has sent a year-end report to the Secretariat reviewing activities in 1998,and noting increased attention in the region to training mental healthprofessionals for work in community primary health care programs. He attendeda conference in Syria at the University of Damascus (20-25 May1998) which reviewed the work of…

Taiwan The Mental Health Association in Taiwan organized a proclamation-signing ceremony at the National Normal University on 9 October, at which about 40 government organizations and NGOs were represented. A special Declaration of Mental Health Human Rights was prepared, and information events were held for numerous target groups (workers; industrial and other managers; women; children;…

Sri Lanka World Mental Health Day celebrations began on 9 October with a “Kiribath breakfast” at Sahanaya. Among those present were the President of the National Council for Mental Health and Henry Jayasena, a national television personality. The trainees of Sahanaya presented drama, singing, and a craft exhibition.