Introducing the new NCD Child Global Advocacy Course
The new open-access, online NCD Child Global Advocacy Course aims to increase knowledge about the most pressing non-communicable diseases (NCD) priorities for children, adolescents and young people, and help those interested in NCD advocacy take their knowledge and skills to the next level.
A Healthier Caribbean: The Caribbean Youth Mental Health Call to Action
The World Health Organization (WHO) describes mental health as a “state of well-being in which the individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to his or her community,” (1). Optimal mental health is critical for […]
Caribbean Youth Mental Health Call to Action
On World Mental Health Day 2022, young people from across the Caribbean have launched the new ‘Caribbean Youth Mental Health Call to Action’ and demanding urgent action from policymakers and leaders from across the Caribbean to transform the region’s mental health systems and to protect the mental health and wellbeing of children and youth in […]
Mental Health Advocacy and Action in Europe – Report
In partnership with The George Institute for Global Health, NCD Child hosted a European Regional Workshop entitled ‘Mental Health Advocacy and Action’. Events, which took place between June 21-30, 2022. The workshop objectives were to: Present a diverse range of case studies from experts who are working to reduce premature mortality from mental illnesses and […]
Resources on Mental Health
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Young Leaders take on 75th World Health Assembly
This year, a few of our Young Leaders represented NCD Child at the Seventy-fifth World Health Assembly(WHA) in Geneva, Switzerland. The annual health assembly brought about opportunities for our Young Leaders to engage with key global health stakeholders, participate in high-level discussions and build networks with others working in the global non-communicable diseases (NCDs) space. […]
Mental Health Advocacy and Action in Europe
NCD Child, in partnership with The George Institute for Global Health, organized a multi-day virtual workshop entitled ‘Mental Health Advocacy and Action in Europe’. A range of events were held virtually from June 21-29. The goals of the workshop were to: discuss a range of mental health case studies with experts, provide a networking platform for mental health advocates, unpack the stories and lived experiences of people living with NCDs […]
Report: ON MY MIND – How adolescents experience and perceive mental health around the world
This report is a joint project between UNICEF and the Global Early Adolescent Study at Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, and was developed as a companion report to UNICEF’s The State of the World’s Children 2021.
Youth in action: Addressing mental health together
On May 11, NCD Child in partnership with UNICEF, OxFord University and ‘My Mind our Humanity’ hosted a fireside chat entitled ‘Youth in action: Addressing mental health together’. A group of young people shared what it was like to live with one or more non-communicable diseases (NCDs) during the pandemic and highlighted steps to protect […]
30-year NCD burden data for EU adolescents merit close attention
While early reports of the infection2 3 suggested that the infection may be generally mild in children with COVID-19, with general case fatality rate less than 1%, there are increasing reports of complications among children and adolescents.