On August 30, the Mental Health Coordination Center of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine held a seminar on regional coordination within the framework of the All-Ukrainian Mental Health Program initiated by First Lady Olena Zelenska. Mental health coordinators from the USAID Public Health System Recovery and Resilience activity participated in the workshop. The seminar …
Earlier this week, the NGO Resource Center “Lisova Polyana” presented the Model of a Mental Health Recovery Center for War Victims based on the experience of the Center for Mental Health and Rehabilitation of Veterans “Lisova Polyana” of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine. The event was opened by Ksenia Voznitsyna, Director of the Lisova …
Presentation of the Model of a Mental Health Recovery Center for War Victims Read More »
The 12th IAS Conference on HIV Science took place in Brisbane, Australia, and virtually from 23 to 26 July 2023. The 12th IAS Conference on HIV Science, organized by the International AIDS Society (IAS), is the world’s most influential meeting on HIV research and its applications. This biennial conference presents the critical advances in basic, clinical …
Training for two groups of 20 specialists from Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kyiv, Odessa, Ternopil, Chernivtsi, and Chernihiv regions was held in Kyiv from May 29 to June 9, and July 3 to 14, 2023. Providers of psychosocial services from focal communities and partner organizations of the USAID project “Public Health System Recovery and Resilience Activity” …
40 Ukrainian specialists completed training under the CETA program Read More »
We present the results of the work of our Institute’s research team at the XX World Congress of the International Sociological Association, which is being held in Melbourne (Australia) from June 25 to July 1, 2023, in a hybrid format – in-person and online. Our scientist Iryna Zaviriukha gave reports on the topics “How Covid-19 …
On May 29, within the framework of the USAID «Public Health System Recovery and Resilience Activity» project, we began training mental health service providers from focal communities and partner organizations on the CETA program (The Common Elements Treatment Approach). During a ten-day intensive training with trainers from the Mental Health Center of the National University …
CETA Training: Expanding Access to Mental Health Services at the Community Level Read More »
During May – Mental Health Awareness Month – as part of the USAID «Public Health System Recovery and Resilience Activity» project, we are conducting seminars for educators, representatives of the social sphere, health care, and public organizations, where we introduce participants to the “Healing Mind and Body” program (CMBM), aimed at working with the psychological …
This week, the USAID project team «Public Health System Recovery and Resilience Activity» summed up the first results of its activities and discussed future plans at a two-day meeting in Kyiv. In particular, they planned further steps to expand access to mental health services and implement psychosocial support programs – this project component, in collaboration …
Together with the specialists of the “Family Circle” Health and Development Center, we conducted a three-day online training for teachers, social workers and psychologists working in the education system, under the program “Children and War: Teaching Healing Techniques”. The program was developed by the international organization CHILDREN AND WAR FOUNDATION to provide psychological assistance to …
Recently, the team of the USAID project «Public Health System Recovery and Resilience Activity» began to actively implement trainings on the clinical management of mental disorders under the mhGAP program for primary care doctors (family doctors, pediatricians, internists) and nurses. mhGAP (Mental Health Gap Action Programme) is WHO’s global flagship program aimed at increasing access …