NATIONAL FOCAL POINTS   Patience Wilson & Angela RugglesSocial Care Group 5Department of Health205/220 Wellington House133-155 Waterloo RoadLondon SE1 809UNITED KINGDOMTel: (44) 171 972 4036Fax: (44) 171 972 4202E-mail:[email protected] Dr. M. MizrajiDirector, INASAMInstituto Nacional de Solidaridadcon el Adulto MayorAv. 18 de Julio 1892Piso 4A-C.P. 11200MontevideoURUGUAYFax: (598-2) 408-8429 Ms. Marla BushInternational CoordinatorAdministration on AgingDepartment of Health…

Fourth Quarter 2001 Newsletter News from the Regions AfricaWHO’s World Health Report was launched in Africa at an event in Harare, Zimbabwe, on 23 October attended by Benedetto Saraceno, M.D., Director of the Department of Mental Health and Substance Dependence at WHO, Mary Petevi, Advisor in the Department of Humanitarian Action, and Dr. Custodia Mandlhate,…

Dear friends, I would like to take this opportunity to wish you and yourloved ones best wishes for the New Year, and a productive 1999 for WFMH. Following an eventful birthday year with global fiftieth anniversarycelebrations and quickened and broad-based progress in programs and regionaldevelopment, this year holds much promise and possibility for consolidation. To…

Africa Shona Sturgeon, WFMH Vice President for Africa, participated as an adviser in the South African Concerted Action Workshop which was organized in Cape Town on 17-19 March, and then in the Zambian Concerted Action Workshop held in that country on 22-26 March. Isaac Mwendapole, President of the WFMH African Regional Council, also participated as…

International Workshop on Mental Health Education and Service Development Southeast Asia Calcutta, India, 7-8 February 2000WFMH helped to convene an International Workshop on Mental Health Education and Service Development in Calcutta, a meeting which continued the Federations support for attention to mental health needs in West Bengal. The workshop followed an earlier Calcutta meeting in…

PUBLICIZING YOUR EVENT The following material will help you prepare information for the media on World Mental Health Day 2002. We are providing you with sample letters and tips on how to understand and work with the mass media. By establishing and maintaining good working relationships with your local media, you will ensure that mental…