New Delhi, 25 September (IANS). Mantle health and NCD are expected to be discussed at a high-level meeting on a global stage on a global stage like UNGA.
The United Nations fourth high-level meeting on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is similar to the amazing opportunity that is hoped to make serious efforts on NCD and mental health by 2030 due to political will.
NCD in the World Health Organization (WHO) and Dr. Devora Castel, Interim Director of Mental Health/NMH said, “This is the first time we can give mental health related information to more than one billion people.”
Castel added, “The most common mental health condition is depression, only nine percent of the people get help. Only 40 percent of people suffering from psychosis get benefits on the spot. This means that countries will have to find better ways to develop services to develop services to ensure that they are getting care and the needs are available easily.
Where services are also available, people do not reach due to cost, distance or other reasons.
An important factor preventing people suffering from mental health problems is also a fear of socially humiliated.
In addition to mental health, the program will also emphasize the prevention and control of other non-communicable diseases (NCDs), which remain the major causes of death and disability worldwide.
In many people suffering from heart disease, cancer, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases, physical and mental conditions are related to each other.
Dr. Castel said, “Member countries have decided to emphasize some issues that are equal in all non-communicable diseases, but there are some who are associated with mental health, such as mental health of children and youth, prevention of suicides, and efforts to develop services at community level.”
This high-level meeting of the United Nations presents an opportunity to firmly include mental health and non-communicable diseases in the global agenda.
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