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GMHRG are contributing to the 12th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health (ECTMIH2021)
A joint GMHRG initiative has led to the 7th track on Mental health and health promotion – the first of its kind in the ECTMIH history.
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Published: 06.10.2021
The 12th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health (ECTMIH) is being held in Bergen, Norway in 2021.
A joint GMHRG initiative has led to the 7th track on Mental health and health promotion – the first of its kind in the ECTMIH history.
Meet our key-note speakers:
- Professor Adjunct Pia Britto, UNICEF talking about Nurturing Care
- Senior Mental Health Officer Peter Ventevogel, UNHCR – The UN Refugee Agency talking about how mental and somatic health affect each other for refugees, and how this issue is addressed from a UNHCR perspective
- Professor Vikram Patel, The Pershing Square Professor of Global Health and Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School Professor, Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health Co-Founder and Member of Managing Committee, Sangath