Governments are finally waking up to the world’s growing mental health crisis but countries must make substantial reform, and not just in their health sectors, to make headway, health experts said during the 76th World Health Assembly in Geneva.
Three years of the COVID-19 pandemic have seen huge increases in global levels of anxiety and depression, triggering governments worldwide to confront the need for urgent action on mental health, which has long been neglected by global lawmakers.
Furthermore, with conflict and violence on the rise globally, the need for mental health support is set to increase as people face the associated trauma and loss, such as is being seen in Ukraine.
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Sophie Edwards
Sophie Edwards is a Devex Contributing Reporter covering global education, water and sanitation, and innovative financing, along with other topics. She has previously worked for NGOs, and the World Bank, and spent a number of years as a journalist for a regional newspaper in the U.K. She has a master's degree from the Institute of Development Studies and a bachelor's from Cambridge University.
