Prioritizing Mental Health within HIV and Tuberculosis Services in PEPFAR

Underprioritization of mental health is a global problem and threatens the decades-long progress of the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) program. In recent years, mental health has become globally recognized as a part of universal healthcare, making this an opportune momen...

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Published in:Emerging infectious diseases 2024-04, Vol.30 (4), p.1-5
Main Authors: Fukunaga, Rena, Pierre, Paul, Williams, John K, Briceno-Robaugh, Rebeca, Kalibala, Sam, Peterson, Meaghan, Moonan, Patrick K
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
AIDS
Epidemics
HIV
HIV Infections - epidemiology
HIV/AIDS
Human immunodeficiency virus
Humans
Mental disorders
Mental Health
Mental health care
Mental Health Services
Online Report
PEPFAR
Prioritizing Mental Health within HIV and Tuberculosis Services in PEPFAR
Public health
substance use disorders
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis - epidemiology
Tuberculosis - prevention & control
United States
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Summary:Underprioritization of mental health is a global problem and threatens the decades-long progress of the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) program. In recent years, mental health has become globally recognized as a part of universal healthcare, making this an opportune moment for the global community to integrate mental health services into routine programming. PEPFAR is well positioned to lead by example. We conceptualized 5 key strategies that might help serve as a framework to support mental health programming as part of PEPFAR's current 5-year strategic plan. PEPFAR and the global community have an opportunity to identify mental health service gaps and interweave global mental health priorities with actions to end the HIV and TB epidemics by 2030.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid3004.231726