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Invitation to join WHO’s Global Clinical Practice Network for ICD-11 Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Mental health and primary care practitioners are invited to register and participate in a global network to help inform the development of the classification of Mental and Behavioural Disorders in next version of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11).
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The Mental Health Leadership and Advocacy Programme for Anglophone West Africa: Improving Expertise for Sustained Advocacy on the African Continent
The Mental Health Leadership and Advocacy Programme (mhLAP) is a five year capacity building project for mental health leaders and advocates in the five English speaking West Africa states (Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Liberia and the Gambia). Shared by Jibril Abdulmalik, collaborative member of the Gulbenkian Global Mental Health Platform.
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Mental health bill set to revolutionise care in India
India’s “groundbreaking” Mental Healthcare Bill 2012, has been approved by the country’s cabinet, and is just a parliamentary nod away from being enacted, The Lancet reports.
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Disability Rights International opens Kiev, Ukraine advocacy office
Disability Rights International announced the creation of its newest advocacy office in Kiev, Ukraine.
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DRI submits amicus brief to Mexican Supreme Court in a landmark case for disability rights
Disability Rights International and partners in Mexico presented an amicus brief last week to the Mexican Supreme Court in the case of Ricardo Adair, a 24-year old Mexican youth with Asperger Syndrome.
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The Worldwide Campaign to End the Institutionalization of Children
Disability Rights International is calling for an end to the institutionalization and abuse of children.