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Nearly 150 million people in Africa are living with mental health conditions, with limited access to decentralized and integrated care, highlighting the region’s mental health challenges, a new mental health dashboard launched today by the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa shows.

In response to the growing mental health needs triggered by public health emergencies or natural disasters in the African region, World Health Organization (WHO) is working closely with countries to integrate mental health and psychosocial support into every stage of emergency response, aiming to have at least 80% of countries with functional mental health and psychosocial support systems by 2030.

Mauritius achieves a strategic milestone in its journey to building a climate-resilient health system through validation of the Gap Analysis Report, the draft Institutional Framework, and the Terms of Reference (ToR) for the establishment of a Climate and Health Technical Unit (CHTU). This marks an important step towards strengthening the country’s Preparedness and Readiness for health systems resilience to Climate Change – a reality under the project “Building Health Systems Resilience to Climate Change,” funded by the Green Climate Fund and supported by the World Health Organization (WHO). Multisectoral stakeholders comprising senior officials, technical experts, and stakeholders from across government, academia, and civil society participated in this important analysis to action, and from vulnerability to resilience process. “The cost of inaction is measured in lives lost, services disrupted, and development gains reversed. But the benefits of action are immense: health systems that withstand storms, communities that stay healthy, and a nation that thrives despite climate shocks “This is our moment to act,” said Dr Anne Ancia, WHO Representative in Mauritius in her opening remarks. She added, “What you will do today will define the future and resilience of the country.”