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widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Exciting news from the World Health Assembly!</div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br></div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">~~~</div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></span></div><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Kelly ODonnell </span></div><br><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; 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</font><span><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Dear colleagues,</font></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><span><font size="3" face="Calibri">. </font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><span><font face="Calibri"><font size="3">The <i><a href="http://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/WHA66/A66_10Rev1-en.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff">Comprehensive<span style="font-style:normal"> </span>Mental Health Action Plan 2013-2020</font></a></i>
was passed here in Geneva at the WHO World Health Assembly (11:50am, 24 May 2013).
This is great news and we have good reason to all celebrate. (see pages 7-8 of
the <i>Action Plan</i> for a quick overview)</font></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium">.</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; ">
<span><font face="Calibri"><font size="3">Earlier this week (Wednesday) about 45 member states (representing several regions explicitly and thus well-over 100 countries) made very supportive
comments. Five civil society organisations made very supportive statements as well including WFMH, CBM, World Vision and two pharmaceutical coalitions. </font></font></span><span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium">Suggestions for minor amendments were made and after further discussion and debate today some were included in the final version which was passed.</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium">. </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium">Many thanks to the WHO Department of Mental
Health and Substance Abuse and the many organisations and colleagues in health
and mental health who have helped to bring mental health into the world
community’s health and development agendas. </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium"><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium">Please do take the time to review the Action Plan again. We are encouraging colleagues to refer to it often as health programs, plans, and projects are developed. </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Warm greetings,</font></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Kelly O’Donnell</font></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
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