A 2-day mental health planning workshop supported by PAHO’s Regional Advisor on Mental Health, Devora Kestel, and PAHO’s Trinidad Country Office, through Health Systems Consultant, Carlene Radix, was held at the Ministry of Health Headquarters on February 4th and 5th, 2013. The Workshop was launched with a welcome by Ag. Chief Medical Officer, Akenath Misir; remarks by the PAHO/WHO Representative, Bernadette Theodore-Gandi; and an address by the Minister of Health, The Hon. Fuad Khan. The Minister gave his support to the process of decentralization of mental health services, with integration in primary care and development of community based specialized services. 

In October 2012, Victor Aparicio Basauri received a moving and well deserved recognition for his contribution to the development and transformation of mental health services in the Region of the Americas for more than two decades.

• Boletín INEBRIA Latina
• Boletín mhGAP

El Departamento de Salud Mental y Abuso de Sustancias de la Organización Mundial de la Salud, publica dos veces al año el Boletín mhGAP -mhGAP Newsletter-   (solo en inglés). El objetivo es mantener a todas las partes interesadas al día con lo que está sucediendo en el “Programa de Acción para superar las brechas en salud mental” (mhGAP). Para mayor información sobre el programa visite: www.who.int/mental_health/mhgap/en/