PURPOSE: The overall objective of World Mental Health Day observed on 10 october, is to raise awareness of mental health issues around the world and to mobilize efforts in support of mental health. The Day provides an opportunity for all stakeholders working on mental health issues to talk about their work, and what more needs to be done to make mental health care a reality for people worldwide. It represent an opportunity for people and communities to unite behind the theme to improve knowledge, raise awareness and drive actions that promote and protect everyone’s mental health as a universal human right. Mental health is a basic human right for all people. Everyone, whoever and wherever they are, has a right to the highest attainable standard of mental health. This includes the right to be protected from mental health risks, the right to available, accessible, acceptable, and good quality care, and the right to liberty, independence and inclusion in the community. Good mental health is vital to our overall health and well-being. Yet one in eight people globally are living with mental health conditions, which can impact their physical health, their well-being, how they connect with others, and their livelihoods. This year, we will showcase the efforts made in some of these countries and encourage people to highlight positive stories as part of their own activities, as an inspiration to others.
FORUM: “It’s time to prioritize mental health in the workplace.“ World Mental Health Day 2024. Voices of the workplace is an initiative that aspires to provide a platform to unite diverse communities worldwide through lived experiences, solution-focused plans, action-oriented ideas, and impactful narratives. This year, under the World Mental Health Day 2024 theme ‘Its Time to prioritize Mental Health in the Workplace’, we aim to highlight the importance of mental mental health. Share your stories, solutions, and actionable ideas on how workplaces can better support mental well-being. The campaign is dedicated to advocating for mental health within the workplace. Our objective is to engage a global audience—including employees, employers, organizations, and stakeholders—in grassroots advocacy to promote mental well-being at work. We aim to highlight the essential role of mental health in professional environments, advocating for workplaces where mental health is prioritized, protected, and promoted. The WHO continues to work with its partners to ensure mental health is valued, promoted, and protected, and that urgent action is taken so that everyone can exercise their human rights and access the quality mental health care they need. Follow the conversations with the hashtags: #WMHD, #10October, #MentalHealth, #WorldMentalHealthDay.
EVENTS: On October 10th, a webinar will be organized to mark the World Mental Health Day 2024 to promote awareness of Mental Health in people all over the world. We invite all stakeholders to join the movement towards global mental health awareness and change. Have a glance at the different events and initiatives being conducted by stakeholders across the world that are featured under the ambit of the Global WMHD Campaign 2024. Our world is filled with different challenges and one person, one organisation cannot tackle them alone. Let’s embrace the power of collaborative action to help raise global mental health awareness. Explore the Worldwide events!
EXHIBITS: Embrace the power of expression through our Voices of the Workplace and Express through Arts initiatives, as we endeavor to illuminate a plethora of narratives and experiences. Lean more about the exhibits!
STATEMENTS: Read the statement of the WHO Director General on World Mental Health Day 2024. the statement of the Mental Health, Brain Health and Substance Use department Director, the message from the President of the World Federation for Mental Health on World Mental Health Day 2024; October 10th. The WFMH Secretary-General statement, the WFMH President elect, the WFMH Immediate Past President, the WFMH Regional Vice President Africa and the WFMH Director at Large.
PODCASTS: Stigma and discrimination continue to be a barrier to social inclusion and access to the right care; importantly, we can all play our part in increasing awareness about which preventive mental health interventions work and World Mental Health Day is an opportunity to do that collectively. We envision a world in which mental health is valued, promoted and protected; where everyone has an equal opportunity to enjoy mental health and to exercise their human rights; and where everyone can access the mental health care they need. Listen to the Podcasts!
CAMPAIGN MATERIALS: Join the Global Campaign 2024 and engage with Voices of the workplace initiative by sharing your message. You can download the Campaign Toolkit to learn more about how you can organize a demonstration in support of mental health and participate in the Campaign. Let’s unite and advocate for prioritizing mental health in the workplace to create environments of well-being for all!. Get the WMHD2024 communication materials!
WHY WE CELEBRATE DE DAY?
HOW TO GET INVOLVED!
PARTNERSHIPS
We celebrate the World Mental health Day on October 10th every year to focus on:
01 - Limited value and attention to mental health; 02 - Widespread stigma and discrimination; 03 - Services are underfunded and underesourced; 04 - Little acknowledgement of the determinants of mental health; 05 - Few and fragmented promotion and prevention programmes; 06-Predominantly biomedical approach to care; 07 - Care that ignores people’s own perspectives, priorities and human rights; 08 - Mental health care only provided by the health sector; 09 - Fragmented services with uneven access and coverage; 10 - Care centred on psychiatric hospitals; 11 - Mental health care not available in primary health care; 12 - Community providers and informal support for mental health are ignored.
Deepen the value and commitment we give to mental health as individuals, communities and governments.
Match that value with more commitment, engagement and investment by all stakeholders, across all sectors.
Strengthen mental health care so that the full spectrum of mental health needs is met through a community-based network of accessible, affordable and quality services and supports.
Share the Action Plan flyers: What Member States can do and What partners can do.
Key shifts to transform mental health for all.
01- Mental health must be valued by all; 02 - Equal participation in society free from discrimination; 03- Services are appropriately budgeted and resourced across sectors; 04 - Real and active multisectoral collaboration on the determinants of mental health; 05 - Strategic and well-functioning promotion and prevention programmes; 06 - A balanced, evidence-based biopsychosocial approach to care; 07 - Person-centred, human rights-based, recovery-oriented care; 08 - Mental health care is embedded in services across sectors; 09 - Coordinated services with universal health coverage; 10 - Network of community-based mental health services Mental health care integrated in primary health care; 11 - Mental health care integrated in primary health care; 12 - Community providers and informal support are be activated and strengthened to support people.
The World Mental health Day is hosted by the World Health Organization (WHO), The World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH); The WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region; The WHO European Region; The WHO Headquarters; The WHO Region of the Americas; The WHO South-East Asia Region; The WHO Western Pacific Region.
With the participation of the multistakeholders, Civil Society Organizations; Non-Governmental Organization, Mental Health hospitals, Neurologists, Specialists, Psychologists, Psychiatres, Researchers and academics.