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Masiviwe has created mental health resources to support patients living with HIV and assist the healthcare workers who treat them.
Masiviwe has created an easy–to–use guide to help you understand common mental health terms.
Did you know that by integrating mental health services into TB treatment and care, we can avoid as many as 14 million TB cases? That’s more than the predicted number of cases for any year between now and 2030.
We therefore join those living with TB to call on governments, donors, civil society, and other key stakeholders to prioritise the integration of mental health services into TB programmes. We call on TB funders to prioritise mental health in their prevention plans: including the Global Fund and trusts and foundations such as the Gates Foundation and Wellcome. Prevention of new cases is possible, and a better quality of life for those living with TB is also within our reach. Here are some useful resources to support our advocacy
WHO’s guidance document and an e-course on TB and mental health.
UnitedGMH’s “Bending the Curve” report
Toolkits from Stop TB and Global Fund
This manual provides managers and others responsible for planning and delivering services with practical guidance on how to implement manualized psychological interventions for adults, adolescents and children. It covers the five key implementation steps: make an implementation plan; adapt for context; prepare the workforce; identify, assess and support potential beneficiaries; and monitor and evaluate the service.
The World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF have published a new psychological intervention, Early Adolescent Skills for Emotions (EASE), to support adolescents affected by distress and their caregivers. 1 in 7 adolescents globally experience mental health conditions, which mostly go unseen and untreated. EASE is the first WHO-UNICEF psychological intervention to address the critical shortage of mental health care for adolescents experiencing distress.
Mental Health, Reframed: citiesRISE has recently launched a thought leadership channel, “Mental Health, Reframed,” in collaboration with Diplomatic Courier. This channel aims to spotlight innovative and transformative work supporting young people’s mental health and well-being globally, with a focus on holistic approaches encompassing meaning, belonging, hopefulness, and the relationship to nature.