Tarun Dua

Job role: 
Medical Officer
Affiliation: 
World Health Organization
Member type: 
Other
Regions of interest: 
Africa
Middle East
North America
Central America and the Caribbean
South America
Asia
Europe
Oceania
Population: 
Maternal and neonatal health
Children and adolescents
Adults
Older adults
Families and carers
Minority populations
Humanitarian and conflict health
Non-communicable diseases (e.g. cancer, diabetes, stroke)
Communicable diseases (e.g. HIV/AIDS, TB)
Disability
Country: 
Switzerland

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mhGAP Intervention Guide: A systematic review of evidence from LMICs

A review to identify evidence to date for mhGAP-IG implementation in low- and middle-income countries.
Page type: 
Research summaries and systematic reviews
Approach: 
Task sharing
Detection and diagnosis
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Training, education and capacity building
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WHO toolkit for the care and support of people affected by Zika

This WHO Toolkit is for the care and support of people affected by the complications associated with Zika virus with the goal of enhancing country preparedness for Zika virus outbreaks.
Page type: 
Implementation
Approach: 
Policy and legislation
Human rights
Empowerment and service user involvement
Task sharing
Prevention and promotion
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
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Ensuring Mental Health is part of SDG and UHC plans: how can we best influence policy makers using the high level meetings in 2019

A group of experts discuss Universal Health Coverage as one of the targets of the Sustainable Development Goals and the theme of the World Health Day this year, hence 2019 being the year to advocate for UHC given that mental health is an integral component of UHC.
Contributor(s): 
Fahmy Hanna
Tarun Dua
Post date: 
30 May 2019
Approach: 
Training, education and capacity building
Disorder: 
All disorders
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Responding to the Global Dementia Challenge

Dementia is a now recognised as a global epidemic. On May 28th, Dr Tarun Dua shared her experiences on how the global mental health community is now responding to this challenge.
Contributor(s): 
Tarun Dua
Post date: 
10 May 2015
Approach: 
Policy and legislation
Prevention and promotion
Detection and diagnosis
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Disorder: 
Dementia and other neurocognitive disorders