Suicide Prevention Day – Creating Hope Though Action Event at AKU
To promote the Suicide Prevention Day theme, ‘ Creating hope through action,’ BMI showcased the film ‘Darya Kay Iss Paar’ produced by Nighat Akbar Shah at the AKU Auditorium in Karachi, Pakistan on September 30, 2022. Dr. Taha Sabri, COO of Taskeen was invited to the panel discussion on Decriminalizing Suicidal Acts followed after the […]
Launch of Mental Health Regulation Campaign in Collaboration with NCHR and British Asian Trust (BAT)
The National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR), in collaboration with Taskeen launched a report on mental health and human rights. There was bipartisan support for the recommendations of the report from the Chairman of the Standing Committee on Human Rights, Senator Walid Iqbal, and Member of the National Assembly Ms. Shaista Pervaiz. Justice Mansoor Ali […]
UGMH Suicide Decriminalization Report
Executive Summary Around the world, 700,000 people die by suicide every year – in 2019, more than one in every 100 deaths globally was due to suicide.[1] Reductions in the number of deaths by suicide is the measure by which improvements in mental health are tracked according to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2015-2030. Moreover, […]
Webinar about unlocking the power of philanthropy
Despite growing attention on the world stage in the wake of Covid-19, global mental health remains severely underfunded. We have a moment of opportunity to come together to think afresh about how we can use heightened awareness and momentum now to drive systemic change. On Tuesday 27th April, a 1 hour online discussion took place […]
Webinar on Mental Health Systems and Innovation
Department of Community Health Sciences, AKU organized a webinar titled Mental Health Systems and Innovation: The way forward on April 20th, 2021 from 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm. The webinar focused on the details and impact of the different mental health interventions of Pakistan Covid Mental Health Response. The challenges experienced and lessons learned were […]
SYM Global Annual Planning Meeting 2021
Speak Your Mind partners have played a core role in the unification of the mental health community over the past 3 years to achieve change. SYM have been able to share ideas, test out opportunities and create global activations that have inspired large numbers of mental health stakeholders to join. In June 2020, mental health […]
Taskeen meeting with Punjab Govenrment
Taskeen met with Dr.Yasmin Rashid, who invited our proposal for supporting the government with its work on mental health in Punjab
Second Design Meeting of PMHC
The Pakistan Mental Health Coalition had its second design meeting including prominent members of the mental health profession such as Dr.Murad Musa Khan, Dr Atif Rehman, Dr Kausar S Khan and Dr.Rubeena Kidwai
Dr Taha Sabri chosen as Aspen Fellow 2021
We are proud to announce that due to Taskeen’s impact our COO, Dr. Taha Sabri, has been chosen as an Aspen Fellow recognizing him as an important new voice in the global health field. Dr. Taha Sabri will be joining a community of passionate, frontline experts from the Africa, Asia, and Latin America who are […]
Taskeen represents Pakistan in “Speak Your Mind”
Taskeen has become part of the global mental health advocacy Speak Your Mind campaign. (Taskeen Media Desk) Taskeen has been advocating mental health in Pakistan for a long time, we encourage fellow citizens to speak up about the issues they are facing which are affecting their mental health. As the global pandemic increase, Pakistan saw […]