International Review of the Red Cross Volume 91 Number 874 June 2009
Working with limited resources in armed conflict and other situations of violence. Vol.1
UNAIDS/10.03E / JC1767E (English original, March 2010) ISBN 978 92 9 173849 6
PLoS Med. 2009 Oct;6(10):e1000159. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000159. Epub 2009 Oct 6.
Discussion Paper "Mental health, poverty and development", July 2009
Updated to Reflect the 2009 Medical Eligibility Criteria of the World Health Organization
This study examines the ability of political, legal, health, and communities to respond to gender-based violence in Kigali, Rwanda.
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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