Mental Health Law Project

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[UnitedNationsEnable @UN_Enable]

Live Now: UN conference on disabilities #COSP11 with a focus on 2030 Agenda for all persons with disabilities: Leaving no one behind
📅12-14 June
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#SDGs #GlobalGoals https://t.co/FX7AWaz1sZ

[Mental Health Law Project @MHealth_Law]

I would love to know how Southern African institutions rate with the QualityRights tool. Your thoughts, @CPMentalHealth? https://t.co/icGs1bm1nv

[WHO/Europe @WHO_Europe]

A total of 75 #mentalhealth institutions across Europe were assessed using the WHO QualityRights Toolkit. Only 25% of ratings showed compliance with international standards for quality of care and protection of #HumanRights.

[World Health Organization (WHO) @WHO]

Failure to invest in #MentalHealth as a matter of urgency will have health, social and economic costs on a scale that we have rarely seen before.
Mental Health Atlas 📄 https://t.co/xKEliY8Q8a

A colleague from @WHOSierraLeone explains why investing in mental health matters!

[Mental Health Law Project @MHealth_Law]

Please vote for South African Federation for Mental Health @safmh (: You will have to register for a card to vote - but please do. It is super quick and easy. Post your vote on Twitter and you earn another R5 for your charity.

[Mental Health Law Project @MHealth_Law]

I have just voted for my favourite charity! Make your vote count too and stand a chance to win R5000. MySchool R1 Million #vote4charity challenge. Every vote = R5 donation. T&C's https://t.co/jpwvBjrpen

[Andrea Pregel @A_Pregel]

"Governments must recognise that achieving the commitments expressed in the #SDGs is not business as usual. We all have a role in holding governments to account and advocate for the inclusion of people with disabilities in development processes" @Kennedytasha #LearnInspireLead

[MH InnovationNetwork @MHInnovation]

Promising round table discussion with @IIMHL on #MHLeadership development in LAMICs with Global South leaders at the forefront of implementation and innovation #LeadershipExchange #mentalhealth @julian_eaton

[Mental Health Law Project @MHealth_Law]

What can South Africa learn from other country's models of national health insurance? Which one should be use? Read more here: https://t.co/eJuub50MHW

[MIND ME Africa @MINDME_Africa]

"Further investment could help us reach global targets
for mental health...and measure our progress along the way."
Now that #mentalhealth is in the #SDGs, we must advocate for better information systems. @TheLancetPsych @julian_eaton @gracekryan @PhilOde
https://t.co/YsVldSAleQ

[Mental Health Law Project @MHealth_Law]

What is legal capacity and how does it affect people with psychosocial and/or intellectual disabilities? Watch a quick video here by @MHESME: https://t.co/dWHn8Dnz2t

[Ian Kremer @LEAD_Coalition]

'I was in denial about what was happening, at the age of 54 it never crossed my mind I could be living with #dementia' https://t.co/XAUmGeMnQP

#Alzheimers @DrHubaEvaluator @nickystevo @DementiaAllianc @mason4233 @KateSwaffer @WendyPMitchell @TommyTommytee18 @ken_kenc @jball49

[Mental Health Law Project @MHealth_Law]

Supposedly the Life Esidemeni tragedy took place in the context of deinstitutionalisation. What is meant to come after that? Read more: https://t.co/tF1bEmvFgo