~World Mental Health Day Report 1999~ UNESCO At UNESCO headquarters in Paris WFMH played a leading role in arranging a two-day conference on Environment, Health and Identity on 9-10 October, with Eugene B. Brody, recently retired as WFMH’s Secretary General, as a keynote speaker.
Thankyou to the Sponsors The World Federation for Mental Health acknowledges with appreciation these sponsors of World Mental Health Day, whounderwrote the creation, printing and distribution of the planning kit:AstraZeneca CNSJanssen-CilagPfizer CNSBriston-Myers Squibb also supported the project.
Workers Support Groups Helping Yourself and Helping Others The following article has been adapted from, and is based on self-help materials presented in “Where Women Have No Doctor, A Health Guide for Women,” written by A. August Burns, Ronnie Lovich, Jane Maxwell and Katharine Shapiro. We are grateful to the Hesperian Foundation for allowing us…
Europe Salzburg Seminar on Global Health Recommendations for WHO WFMH Senior Consultant Eugene B. Brody was an invited participant at a”Salzburg Seminar Special Session” held from 8 to 12 July 2000 on “CriticalIssues in Global Health: Leadership Challenges in the 21st Century.” Thesession held at the Schloss Leopoldskron in Salzburg, Austria, was convenedby C. Everett…
Slovenia “Mental Health Promotion — A Quality Framework,” a publication of the Health Education Authority in England, was translated and distributed for local use. A press conference was held on the 8th of October and later a round table discussion of “Mental Health in Slovenia Today” was held.