Here are the projects:

Other Activities

  1. Global action plan on MH at WHO and PAHO
    The Montreal WHO-PAHO-CC was involved in reviewing and giving input on the WHO’s Comprehensive Mental Health Action Plan (CMHAP) 2013-2020, which was adopted at the 66th World Health Assembly in May, 2013
     
  2. Report on Dementia
    Some collaborations have been worked out between the WHO-HQ and the McGill Centre for Studies in Aging in 2012-13
     
  3. Invitation of Dr. Claudina Cayetano, Psychiatrist-in-chief, Belize
    McGill University, September 2012
    Generating political commitment for mental health system development
     
  4. Strengthening the Resilience of South-Side Belize City to enhance Security and Development
    2013 – Several meetings with Dr. De Cosio, PAHO-Belize, Pierre Maurice and Julie Laforest of the Institut de Santé Publique du Québec, Drs. Cécile Rousseau and Monica Ruiz-Casares, of McGill Univesity to discuss this endeavor and support Belize.
     
  5. The CLEAR Collaboration
    The Montreal WHOCC is a member of this collaboration which aims to empower health workers to improve health and social outcomes for disadvantaged children and families, particularly in low- and middle-income countries.
     
  6. The CLEAR Collaboration was founded in 2010 by Dr. Anne Andermann (Canada) and Dr. Muazzam Nasrullah (Pakistan). Members include
    The next phase of the Collaboration has 3 main objectives: Rolling out and piloting the CLEAR toolkit with 1 million community health workers in low- resource settings; Conducting a multi-country impact study to measure the improvement in health and social outcomes, particularly for disadvantaged groups; Ensuring the sustainability and continued growth of the collaboration through capacity building, maintaining partnerships, and ongoing monitoring of the impact on health and well-being.

    McGill team (Dr Anne Andermann, Dr Ann Macaulay, Dr Marc Laporta); Bangladesh team (Prof Jahangir Khan, Prof Alayne Adams, Dr Tajul Islam Abdul Bari); Brazil team (Dr Vilma Santana, Prof Jorge Iriart, Dr Guilherme Netto); Niger team (Dr Djibo Douma Maiga, Mr Ibrahim Balla Souley, Dr Rebecca Freeman-Grais); Pakistan team (Dr Muazzam Nasrullah, Prof Farooq Naseer, Mr Saeed Awan); Interdisciplinary supporting members (Dr Theresa Betancourt, Prof Peter Dorman, Dr Lisa Andermann, Prof Ryoa Chung, Prof Nicholas King); and High level global observers (Dr Susan Gunn (ILO), Dr Chiara Servili (WHO), Prof Timothy Evans (World Bank), Dr Kumanan Rasanathan (UNICEF)).