Overview
In 2022, the Member States of WHO South-East Asia Region committed to promote and facilitate
access to community-based mental health services through the adoption of the Paro Declaration
on universal access to people-centred mental health care and services (2).
The adoption of this declaration was followed by the Mental health action plan for the WHO South-
East Asia Region 2023–2030 (3), which has four main objectives. Under Objective 2 – Provide
comprehensive, integrated and responsive mental health and social care services in communitybased
settings – it provides an…
