UN press briefing on the occasion of World Mental Health Day 2016

11 October 2016

Dr Nata Menabde, Executive Director, WUN, briefed the UN press corps on the significance of psychosocial support in crisis situations and on the launch of the World Health Day 2017 campaign “Depression: let’s talk”. Ambassador Caleb Otto of Palau to the UN also outlined the socio-economic effects of climate change on small island states and highlighted the importance of promoting Mental Health and Wellbeing in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

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