Resilient Health Systems for Better Mental Health Outcomes in Latin America and the Caribbean : Policy Brief - Highlights (English)

In the region of the Americas, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) constitute a major disease burden, accounting for approximately 80 percent of all deaths (PAHO 2019). Mental and neurological disorders, substance abuse, and suicide are increasingly acknowledged as a significant portion of the NCD burden as they levy an immense, often undercounted, cost to people’s health and to economies. COVID-19 only heightened these impacts, with the WHO estimating...
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  • Anne-Sophie Jung;
    Jeremy Veillard;
    Timothy A. Johnston;

  • 2024/10/01

  • Brief

  • 194760

  • 1

  • Latin America and Caribbean,

  • Latin America and Caribbean,

  • 2024/11/15

  • Disclosed

  • Resilient Health Systems for Better Mental Health Outcomes in Latin America and the Caribbean : Policy Brief - Highlights

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Anne-Sophie Jung; Jeremy Veillard; Timothy A. Johnston.

Resilient Health Systems for Better Mental Health Outcomes in Latin America and the Caribbean : Policy Brief - Highlights (English). Policy Brief; Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099111424112042316

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