Kick-off meeting for the Special Initiative for Mental Health (2020)

In January 2020 a kick-off meeting of the Special Initiative for Mental Health (2019-2023) was held in Geneva, bringing together ministry of health representatives from the first six countries to be part of the Initiative (Bangladesh, Jordan, Paraguay, the Philippines, Ukraine and Zimbabwe), as well as international public mental health experts, people with lived experience, research partners from the University of Washington, and WHO staff.