Mental health is crucial to a person’s well-being. And yet it’s often been missing in talks about global health priorities.
How can communities fight the stigma associated with mental illness, and find new ways to engage on a local, national and international level?
We asked Anette Høegh Goelet, president of Clubhouse International, an international nonprofit that helps to create sustainable solutions for mental illness by developing and nurturing new and existing communities where people living with mental illness.
Want to learn more? Check out the Healthy Means campaign site and tweet us using #HealthyMeans.
Healthy Means is an online conversation hosted by Devex in partnership with Concern Worldwide, Gavi, GlaxoSmithKline, International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Johnson & Johnson and the United Nations Population Fund to showcase new ideas and ways we can work together to expand health care and live better lives.
Read more #HealthyMeans articles:
● Why mental health hasn't gone mainstream
● Mental health and women’s health: Eyeing the 'treatment gap'
About the author
Carlos Santamaria
Carlos is a former associate editor for breaking news in Devex's Manila-based news team. He joined Devex after a decade working for international wire services Reuters, AP, Xinhua, EFE ,and Philippine social news network Rappler in Madrid, Beijing, Manila, New York, and Bangkok. During that time, he also covered natural disasters on the ground in Myanmar and Japan.
