The ninth meeting of the mhGAP Forum took place at the World Health Organization, Geneva, on 9 and 10 October 2017. The Forum was attended by about 225 participants. These included 72 participants from 53 Member States including 11 Ambassadors, 7 participants from 6 other UN organizations, 15 participants from 12 WHO Collaborating Centres, and around 140 participants from more than 100 civil society organizations including those representing mental health service users.
The focus of this year’s Forum was “Mental Health capacity building within countries”. The Forum also launched the mhGAP Intervention Guide 2.0 App. and the mhGAP Training Packages and Operations Manual.
A further focus was on “Mental Health in the workplace”, reflecting the theme of this year’s World Mental Health Day.