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Vicepresidentes regionales y Consejos regionales Le instamos a que se ponga en contacto con su Vicepresidente Regional, quien podrá proporcionarle información sobre otras organizaciones dedicadas a la salud mental en su zona. Es posible colaborar con esas organizaciones de salud mental en actividades o proporcionar o recibir ayuda. AFRICA Elizabeth Matare 19 Selous Avenue, Mass…

Egypt The World Mental Health Day celebration spreads out over an entire month of activities in Egypt. The Ismailia Mental Health Association, founded in September 1998, observed the Day as its first organized event, with a meeting attended by mental health professionals and chaired by Colonel Ezzat Shappan of the Faid Governorate. The Honorary Chairman…

WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY ADVISORY COMMITTEE A panel of expert advisors has been formed to provide assistance with this years World Mental Health Day topic The Effects of Trauma and Violence on Children and Adolescents.   Basheer Al-Rashidi, PhD Social Development Office PO Box 29829 Safat 13150 KUWAIT Email: [email protected] William Beardslee, MD Psychiatrist-in-Chief Childrens…

~World Mental Health Day Report 1999~ UNITED NATIONSUN NY At United Nations headquarters in New York, the NGO Committee on Mental Health (chaired by WFMH Main Representative Nancy Wallace) and the NGO Committee on Ageing collaborated with the New York office of WHO and the UN Department of Public Information to present a three-hour World…

Nepal Maryknoll Aasha Deep sponsored a variety of endeavors, including street plays, distribution of posters and pamphlets, and a talk program. Banners were widely displayed. A proclamation-signing event highlighted the activities.