Center for Public Health Gilgit-Baltistan

30/09/2023

[Video]: A short report on the Ghizer Youth's Grand Maraka on Mental Health, first of its kind in Gilgit-Baltistan. This event was a youth led initiative under the banner of ICRD and Center for Public Health GB.

The impact of this initiative was documented across national and international media. From HishAsia Herald, DAWN, Tribune to Voice of America, The Independent and the BBC.

This event pushed the pace of mental health interventions both by government and the private sector.

Discover the highlights of the Ghizer Youth's Grand Maraka on Mental Health in this video. The event passed crucial resolutions, including the establishment ...

11/03/2023

Anayat Baig on Domestic (Gender-based) Violence.

10/10/2022

Founder of the centre for Public Health Gilgit-Baltistan Mr. Anayat Baig conducted sessions on mental health and life skills with the students and staff of Mehnaz Fatima Montessori and Inclusive School Gilgit, on the eve of world mental health day.

12/09/2022

International Su***de Prevention Day 2022 celebrated at Hatoon, Ghizer under the banner of Hatoon Youth Awareness Forum on September 10th, 2022.

Director ICRD, Anayat Baig talked about the essence of lay counseling model in managing mental health crisis in Ghizer. He was of the view that lay counseling is low-cost, community-led, and sustainable intervention. It also lessens the burden on government and other institutions by giving a trained lay counselor alternative to mental health professionals. The basic skills to train people for lay counseling are listening carefully, not judging, and referring severe cases.

01/09/2022

So proud of Dr. Farzana - who is GB's only qualified psychiatrist and daughter of the soil serving at the frontline amid recent climate change acclamities. Here's what she said recently after chief minister's visit to flood affected areas in Ghizer.

"Psychological first aid is the most important thing flood affected people need. If we provide it on time they will not go to post traumatic stress disorder and long term psychiatric disorders. We will try our best to meet maximum affected people in this psychological trauma period. If any of your relatives or friends who are unable to cope trauma they can visit me at DHQ hospital Gahkuch. I am always available for your help. I have requested CM to provide basic psychiatric madication on urgent basis".

26/07/2022

Policy dialogue on , with parliamentarians & the CM's committee on su***de prevention in Ghizer, was hosted by Rupani Foundation in Old Assembly, Gilgit.

Director ICRD & Center for Public Health Gilgit-Baltistan, Mr. Anayat Baig proposed the "Ghizer Youth's Declaration on Mental Health, 2022" accepted unanimously at the grand youth maraka held on June 2022, as recommendation to this policy dialogue.

Besides that, he also added the following:

1. Non-professional & non-expert engagement to the mental health crisis in Ghizer (& across GB) must be discouraged.

2. Indigenous & contextual input should be at the core of all research and interventions in this regard.

22/07/2022

Thank you Sadia Danish!

It was one of the main demands from the Youth Declaration on Mental Health amid Ghizer Youth's Grand Maraka on Mental Health to bring the mental health crisis to the Gilgit Baltistan assembly for proper legislation.

Today member GB Assembly, Ms. Sadia Danish from Pakistan Peoples Party brought this very comprehensive resolution at the assembly floor.

We, the team of ICRD, center for public health GB, & youth maraka thank Ms. Sadia Danish, and request all other honourable assembly members to pass this resolution unanimously.

16/07/2022

Maraka Truths | DAWN: Thanks to Aapa Zubeida Mustafa for this very detailed write up on Ghizer Youth's Grand Maraka on Mental Health.

"The guidelines for the maraka were simple: all the youth would get a hearing without the listeners being judgemental. The gathering was an inclusive one and all participants were provided pen and paper for expressing their views. The preliminary discussion helped frame a declaration of 21 demands. They ranged from a call for declaring a mental health emergency to counselling being indigenised and cultural programmes being held for the youth. The written input from the participants is being analysed for further action."

Nearly 700 young people and some seniors discussed su***de.

04/07/2022

غذر یوتھ کے ذہنی صحت پر گرینڈ مرکہ کے آرگنائزر احتشام خان سما ٹی وی کے پروگرام نیا دن میں ضلع غذر میں جاری ذہنی صحت کے کرائسز پر گفتگو کر رہے ہیں۔

ویڈیو کے لیے شکریہ: سما ٹی وی

23/06/2022

Thank you Ghazanfer Ali Sb.

This was one of the major highlights of Ghizer Youth's Grand Maraka on Mental Health. Our sisters living in private hostels had said this categorically that living in private hostels was a depression trigger for them.


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