United Nations High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development

The United Nations High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development on the important topic of Health Equity in the context of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic will be held on July 12.

TITLE: Building Back Better after COVID-19 through Addressing Health Equity, Mental Health, and Well-being: Contributions of Psychological Science and Practice to Leave No One Behind

DATE/TIME: July 12 from 1:00pm – 2:30pm (EDT) virtual by Zoom

REGISTER HEREhttps://bit.ly/3jKUyS8

The event highlights challenges and solutions related to achieving health and mental health equity in the context of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Speakers include scientific experts, “voices from the field,” and high-level diplomats from the sponsoring UN Missions of Sierra Leone, Bahrain, Canada, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Georgia, Iceland, Japan, Lebanon, Mali, Mexico, Nepal, Qatar, Portugal, and Sweden, as well as the World Health Organization, the International Association of Applied Psychology, the American Psychological Association, and the United African Congress.

Moderator: Dr.Judy Kuriansky, Columbia University Teachers College, International Association of Applied Psychology, International Organizing Committee of the Congress on Mental Health: Meeting the Needs of the XXI Century.

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