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Updated Nov 15, 2026 2:00 AM PT
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Randall Kekoa Akee is the newly appointed Julie Johnson Kidd Professor of Indigenous Governance and Development and the new ...
Europe spends more on tackling mental health conditions that any other region in the world, but with rates of illness at high ...
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has directed all higher education institutions to stop offering programmes in healthcare ...
Trigger Warning: This story contains mentions of suicide. Reader discretion is advised. If you or someone you know is struggling ...
Mental Health Programme—launched in 1996—yet most districts still lack community-based mental health services This narrative ...
Michael McGuire, PharmD, reviewed Mental Health America’s recent publication on the current state of mental health in America ...
Section 1. Purpose and Policy. Endemic vagrancy, disorderly behavior, sudden confrontations, and violent attacks have made ...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has certified Timor-Leste as malaria-free, a remarkable achievement for a country that prioritized the disease and embarked on a concerted, nation-wide response shortly after gaining…
Health systems research plays a critical role in understanding and improving the effectiveness, efficiency, and equity of ...
Pew Research Center conducted this study to understand Americans’ views of health issues facing the country today, the ...
A coalition of sixteen Democratic-led states has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, challenging the Department of ...
A coalition of 16 state attorneys general, led by the state of Washington, filed a lawsuit late Monday against the U.S ...
As per a World Health Organization (WHO) report 15% of adults in India suffer from various mental health disorders ranging from ...
For Brett Hart, the vice president of Behavioral Health and Mental Health Parity at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota, his job ...
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the African Union (AU) Commission renewed their longstanding strategic partnership today with the signing of an updated Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the sidelines of the…
Philanthropic support plays a vital role in enabling countries to build stronger health systems and advance towards health equity. From vaccine equity and pandemic preparedness to primary health care, the contributions…
As European Mental Health Week draws to a close, Belgium is advocating for stronger EU coordination to protect youth mental ...
Digital health equity funding and number of deals worldwide 2020-2026 Quarterly digital health equity funding worldwide 2020-2025 ...
Mumbai: With stress escalating among Indians, there has been a 41 per cent rise in mental health insurance searches in 2025 ...
As Republican lawmakers search for deep spending cuts, a growing number of critics fear a roll-back of Medicaid dollars spent ...
On the occasion of the World Health Day 2025 dedicated to the theme of Healthier beginnings, hopeful futures, over 100 global WHO offices have organized wide-ranging public advocacy actions in collaboration with Member…
Australia is at the pointy end of a mental health crisis. Psychological stress is mounting, particularly among younger Australians.
In India, mental health coverage in health insurance plans has been a long-awaited reform. According to data, over 60 million ...
On March 24, the Supreme Court of India formed a National Task Force to prevent the increasing deaths by suicide of students on ...
SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie, who won election in November on the pledge to crack down on the city’s ...
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), and Thomas Östros, Vice-President of the European Investment Bank (EIB Global), met at the EIB Group Forum in Luxembourg and signed…
SACRAMENTO — President Donald Trump is vowing a new approach to getting homeless people off the streets by forcibly moving ...
Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his ...
In a three-day strategic dialogue, Belgium and WHO reviewed progress in their longstanding partnership, and agreed to further boost their collaboration on universal health coverage, health-systems strengthening and…
WHO and Switzerland have announced the renewal of their cooperation strategy for the period 2024-2028. In 2013, Switzerland became the first high-income country in the WHO European Region to pilot a cooperation strategy…