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2. World Health Organization - Wikipedia

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   The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for global public health. [2] It is headquartered in Geneva , Switzerland, and has six regional offices [ 3 ] and 150 field offices worldwide.

3. Principles for the Protection of Persons with Mental Illness

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   The Principles for the Protection of Persons with Mental Illness and the Improvement of Mental Health Care (MI Principles) were adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1991. They provide agreed but non-legally-binding basic standards that mental health systems should meet and rights that people diagnosed with mental disorder should have.

4. World Federation for Mental Health - Wikipedia

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   Personal and social responsibility in the search for mental health: Collaboration between volunteers, professionals and governments in the formation of mental health policy and the delivery of services. World Congress: 1985: Brighton, England, UK: Mental Health 2000 A.D. [Sub-theme: Action Programs for a World in Crisis.] World Congress: 1987 ...

5. List of specialized agencies of the United Nations - Wikipedia

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   The United Nations Office at Geneva in Switzerland is the second biggest U.N. centre after the United Nations Headquarters in New York City.. United Nations specialized agencies are autonomous organizations working with the United Nations and each other through the co-ordinating machinery of the United Nations Economic and Social Council at the intergovernmental level, and through the Chief ...

6. United Nations Interagency Task Force on the Prevention and ...

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   Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), often known as chronic diseases, include cardiovascular diseases, cancers, chronic respiratory diseases, diabetes and mental health conditions. The Task Force consists of a World Health Organization (WHO) Secretariat (currently led by Nick Banatvala from the United Kingdom) and 46 United Nations (UN) and inter ...

7. Global mental health - Wikipedia

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   Mental, neurological, and substance use disorders make a substantial contribution to the global burden of disease (GBD). [12] This is a global measure of so-called disability-adjusted life years (DALY's) assigned to a certain disease/disorder, which is a sum of the years lived with disability and years of life lost due to this disease within the total population.