Transitioning from long-stay services to community mental health networks Towards deinstitutionalization in the WHO South-East Asia Region-Bangkok, Thailand, 12–14 March 2024
Overview
The burden of mental health conditions in the Region is high and actions are being taken by WHO to address this issue. These include the PARO Declaration (1) by the health ministers of Member States at the Seventy-fifth Session of the WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia on universal access to people-centred mental health care and services.
Based on the contents of the declaration, the Mental health action plan for the WHO South-East Asia Region (2023–2030) (2) has been developed, analyses carried out and several technical reports published, an interactive dashboard developed on the prevalence and burden of mental disorder, and a report published on deinstitutionalization of long-stay persons with mental health conditions. A series of webinars on different topics related to mental health are also being conducted regularly.
