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    "NIMH commits to supporting global mental health" click here for more

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    Mental illness in Australian immigration detention centres click here for more

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    Gurus of Mental Health click here for more

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    Grand Challenge on Global Mental Health announced! find out more

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    PLoS Medicine launched a new series of Reviews Click here for more

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    The Lancet announces a new series on Global Mental Health in partnership with the Movement - have your say!

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    Mental health : a global challenge
    The first Global Mental Health Summit took place in the greek capital, Athens. Click here for the link.

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    Disability Rights Fund Releases Second 2009 Request for Proposals, Extending Another Year of Grantmaking to Existing Target Countries and Opening Grantmaking to the Pacific Click here for details

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    "On World Human Rights Day (December 10th), the Lancet has published an article describing health systems and the right to health in 194 countries click here to read the articlehttp:// www.facebook.com/ group.php? gid= 44154737699

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    A key finding of the report is that people with mental illnesses are frequently neglected and discriminated against. Of 98 countries for which data were available, almost half allocated 2% or less of their national budget to mental health."

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    A new Facebook Group for the Movement is now set up; you can join up at: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=44154737699

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    You can submit information and news by clicking here news@globalmentalhealth.org

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There are a number of funding opportunities for researchers in the area of global mental health. You can search these in our database. This list is not exhaustive. If you know of any funding opportunities, or if you are a funder and would like to make researchers aware of the opportunity that you are creating, please complete our online form to have your funding opportunity displayed on this website.
 
 
 
For ongoing funding opportunities, try the following websites:
 
  Wellcome Trust
(http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/)
 
  Fogarty International Center
(http://www.fic.nih.gov/funding/index.htm)
 
  Department for International Development (DfID)
(http://www.dfid.gov.uk/research/)
   
 
National Institute of Mental Health
(http://www.nimh.nih.gov/)
 


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