The Coming Together of Science, Policy, and Programs Across Cultures
The Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia
December 5-8, 2000
Co-Sponsors
World Health Organization
The Carter Center
~World Health Organization~ Benedetto Saraceno, M.D., has been appointed Director of the Department of Mental Health, which is part of the Social Change and Mental Health Cluster headed by Dr. Yasuhiro Suzuki. Dr. Saraceno was formerly manager of the “Nations for Mental Health” programme. In the reorganization of WHO initiated by its new Director-General, Dr….
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~United Nations UN New York NGO Committee on Mental Health~ The UN NGO Committee on Mental Health, chaired by Nancy Wallace, WFMH Main Representative to UN NY, has been very active in the past six months. It has organized regular programs and meetings, developed position statements, and worked to establish relationships with key offices within…
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…
WORKING WITH FUNDERS LOCALLY On the back cover of this kit you will find the names of corporations which believe in the importance of mental health public education and have invested in making World Mental Health Day possible. As you will note, the major underwriter is: Pfizer CNS Generous support was also provided by: Janssen-Cilag/Organon…
In Memoriam Gamal Mady Abou El Azayem, 1917-1999 Gamal Mady Abou El Azayem , chairman of the 1987 World Congress for Mental Health in Cairo and WFMH president, 1987-1989, died in Cairo after a short illness on 4 December 1999. He was 82 years old. Dr. El Azayem was born in Cairo in June of…
