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Here's how to tackle mental health issues at work

An estimated 12 billion workdays are lost annually due to depression and anxiety costing the global economy nearly US$ 1 trillion. Two new publications aim to address this issue - WHO Guidelines on mental health at work and a derivative WHO/ILO policy brief.

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World Mental Health Day 2022

Making Mental Health & Well-Being for All a Global Priority is the theme for this year's World Mental Health Day, taking place on 10 October. This is an opportunity for people globally to come together to recognize progress in this field and to be vocal about our needs.

Launch of Florence 2.0.

WHO, with support from the Qatar Ministry of Health, launched the A.I. -powered WHO Digital Health Worker, Florence version 2.0, offering an innovative and interactive platform to share a myriad of health topics, including mental health, healthy diet, physical activity and others, in seven languages.

Science in 5: Abortion

What are safe abortions? What are unsafe abortions? When we restrict access to abortion, either legally or otherwise, does that reduce the number of abortions? Find out in the latest Science in 5 episode.

WHO emergency appeal for health crisis in flood-affected Pakistan

Pakistan is on the verge of a public health disaster as a result of the massive monsoon rainfalls and unprecedented levels of flooding that are affecting 33 million people across the country.