Mental health

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• World Health Assembly, day 2: resolution on noncommunicable diseases approved
  24-05-2012
  A resolution on strengthening noncommunicable disease policies to promote active ageing was approved by countries on the second day of WHO’s global annual meeting.
• Mental health and well-being: why pay attention to this issue during adolescence?
  02-05-2012
  HBSC fact sheet
• WHO report reveals teenagers do not get a fair deal on health
  02-05-2012
  Widespread inequalities mean that many young people in the WHO European Region and North America are not as healthy as they could be, according to a new report on the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study, published by the WHO Regional Office for Europe.
• Empowering patients
  17-04-2012
  From passive recipient to co-producer of health care – health systems must involve chronically ill people as equal partners in their treatment to be effective. The First European Conference on Patient Empowerment was held in Copenhagen, Denmark on 11–12 April 2012. Read more …
• "Dementia: a public health priority" - new report by WHO and Alzheimer’s Disease International
  13-04-2012
  The number of people living with dementia worldwide is currently estimated at 35.6 million. This number will double by 2030 and more than triple by 2050. Sadly, there is lack of awareness and understanding of dementia in most countries.
• Turkey initiates staff training for new community-based mental health services
  30-03-2012
  On 27 March 2012, more than 120 multi-disciplinary staff of 47 newly established community mental health　centres across Turkey came together to attend the first two-day introductory training programme on the basics of community mental health care functions.
• Strengthening the capacity of mental health professionals and user associations in South-eastern Europe
  08-03-2012
  The WHO/Europe Mental Health programme will participate in the Regional Meeting of South-eastern Europe (SEE) Health Network Mental Health Counterparts, to be held in Belgrade, Serbia on 22-23 March.
• Mental health centre in South-eastern Europe develops new website
  23-02-2012
  The Regional Health Development Center on Mental Health in South-eastern Europe (SEE) has developed a new website which continues the Center's goal of strengthening cooperation among SEE countries in the field of mental health.
• WHO/Europe responds to call for development of NCD targets and indicators
  06-02-2012
  A Regional Technical Consultation on Noncommunicable Disease (NCD) Surveillance, Monitoring and Evaluation will take place in Oslo 9-10 February 2012.
• First European Conference on Patient Empowerment - living with chronic disease
  02-02-2012
  The conference will take place 11-12 April 2012, in Copenhagen, Denmark and is organized in close technical collaboration with WHO/Europe under the auspices of the Danish Presidency of the Council of the European Union.