Resource Kit for Field workers
UNAIDS/10.03E / JC1767E (English original, March 2010) ISBN 978 92 9 173849 6
This paper showed a large positive correlation coefficient between psychosocial health problems and dysfunctional abilities among rural community members
Supplement October 2010
HIV/AIDS, security and conflict: making the connections
The Global Movement for Mental Health has brought renewed attention to the neglect of people with mental illness within health policy worldwide. The maltreatment of the mentally ill in many low-income countries is widely reported within psychiatric hospitals, informal healing centres, and family hom...es. International agencies have called for the development of legislation and policy to address these abuses. However such initiatives exemplify a top-down approach to promoting human rights which historically has had limited impact at the level of those living with mental illness and their families.
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Discussion Paper "Mental health, poverty and development", July 2009
For Strengthening Mental Health In Cultural-Linguistic Communities Projects
Joint WHO/ILO guidelines on post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) to prevent HIV infection.
Joint Action for Results
UNAIDS Outcome Framework: Business Case 2009–2011
In the last quarter century, several projects emerged to reform mental health services in Latin American and Caribbean countries. Some did not survive the difficulties that inevitably arise in processes of change, and ended up disappearing before the intended changes could be introduced. Others, how...ever, as shown in this publication, were able to overcome difficulties and meet intended objectives, effectively transforming the structure and quality of services. All these projects, including the many that did not survive, were part of one of the richest experiences in the transformation of mental health care worldwide - the experience of mental health reform in Latin America and the Caribbean
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