Healthy brain bonds : is this a feasible option (English)

The event opened with remarks from the meeting’s three co-chairs: Tim Evans (Senior Director, Health, Nutrition and Population Global Practice, World Bank Group), Garen Staglin (Chairman, One Mind), and Brad Herbert (Trustee, The Global Campaign for Mental... See More + The event opened with remarks from the meeting’s three co-chairs: Tim Evans (Senior Director, Health, Nutrition and Population Global Practice, World Bank Group), Garen Staglin (Chairman, One Mind), and Brad Herbert (Trustee, The Global Campaign for Mental Health). The meeting’s co-chairs provided a brief overview of their respective agency mandates. They noted that the meeting objective was to jointly brainstorm about the feasibility of tapping the international finance markets through a bond emission that would support and add momentum to the global scale up of mental health services contributing to the progressive realization of universal health coverage and cross-sectoral action in accordance with the sustainable development goals agenda for 2030. Patricio Marquez (Lead Health Specialist & Global Mental Health Program Coordinator, World Bank Group) also welcomed participants and noted that the meeting builds upon the discussion and commitments made during the April 2016 WBG and WHO co-organized conference “Out of the Shadows: Making Mental Health a Global Priority” (that was held as part of the 2016 WBG-IMF Spring Meetings), and the subsequent work done to strengthen global mental health advocacy and dialogue, and to scale up the mental health coverage globally. The meeting co-chairs stated that in the short-term, dedicated sources of financing are necessary to break the cycle of neglect that impacts mental health policies and programs, in parallel with efforts to improve service delivery, learning platforms, and quality of care.  See Less -