AFRO-NETS> The World Health Report 2001 - Mental Health: New Understanding, New Hope

[Brian Pazvakavambwa <pazvakavambwab@who.ch>]

The World Health Report 2001 - Mental Health: New Understanding, New Hope
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The World Health Report 2001, Mental Health: New Understanding, New 
Hope was launched by WHO Director-General Gro Harlem Brundtland in 
Geneva Switzerland on 4 October 2001. The Report is a review of the 
status of knowledge and research about mental and neurological disor-
ders and provides a roadmap for a global reform of mental health care 
and prevention. The report details ten recommendations by governments 
and outlines three different scenarios for action, based on coun-
tries' level of affluence and economic development.

Stressing that mental illness is not a personal failure, Dr Brundt-
land stated that "If there is failure, it is in the way we have re-
sponded to people with mental and neurological disorders. I hope this 
report will dispel long-held prejudices and mark the beginning of a 
new era in the field of mental health care." 

Neuropsychiatric disorders currently account for nearly one third of 
the disability in the world - affecting rich and poor nations alike. 

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The full text Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland's speech can be viewed at the 
WHO web-site: 
http://www.who.int/whr/2001/main/en/message/index.htm

An online version of The World Health Report 2001 can also be viewed 
at:
http://www.who.int/whr/

Information concerning this publication can be obtained from:
World Health Report
World Health Organization
1211 Geneva 27
Switzerland
Fax: +41-22-791-4870
mailto:whr@who.int

Price: Sw.fr. 15.00
Price in developing countries: Sw.fr. 10.50

Copies of this publication can be ordered from:
mailto:bookorders@who.int

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Dr. Brian Pazvakavambwa
Department of HIV
World Health Organization
mailto:pazvakavambwab@who.int
http://www.who.int/HIV_AIDS/
http://www.bpazva.8m.com

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