The promotion and protection of mental health and well-being are public health priorities embedded within the Sustainable Development Goals. Goal 3.4 specifically targets mental health; it seeks to reduce premature mortality from noncommunicable diseases by one third through prevention and treatment by 2030, and to promote mental health and well-being.
Recognizing that one third of people living in prisons have mental health disorders, the WHO Regional Office for Europe, together with its partners and...
The Small Countries Initiative (SCI), established in 2013, serves as a collaborative platform for 12 Member States in the WHO European Region, each with...
The WHO European Framework for Action on Mental Health (EFAMH), covering the period 2021–2025, sets out a response to current mental...
The mental health programme of WHO/Europe supports countries to prepare for and respond to health emergencies by providing coordination and technical guidance. It also aims to systematically improve knowledge and skills for providing mental health and psychosocial support through training and community engagement. Most of this work is currently focused on 2 countries: Turkey and Ukraine.
In Turkey, the WHO field office in Gaziantep has facilitated trainings in the Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP) for Syrian and Turkish general practitioners, community health workers and mental health staff to empower them in identifying and treating common psychological conditions.
In Ukraine, where ongoing conflict poses an increased risk to population mental health, WHO/Europe is providing support to the Ministry of Health’s mental health reform programme and to a number of mobile mental health teams in affected communities.
