Policy dialogue to strengthen mental health in the Central Asian Republics: 25–26 April 2023 Tashkent, Uzbekistan: meeting report

ABSTRACT

The WHO Regional Office for Europe organized three subregional policy dialogues to provide a platform for representative of the Central Asian Republics to discuss ways to strengthen policy and practice in service of the WHO/Europe Roadmap for Health and Well-being in the Central Asian Countries. The second of these policy dialogues, held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on 25–26 April 2023, focused on strengthening mental health systems in the subregion and was held within the frame of the pan-European Mental Health Coalition. Across the two days, countries identified main priorities for addressing mental health going forward.