Workplace Mental Health and Well-being Strategy
The UN System Workplace Mental Health and Well-Being Strategy is a comprehensive approach to address the needs of the United Nations personnel and improve organizational capacities to prevent poor mental health and protect and promote good mental health and well-being. It was launched by the Secretary General and endorsed by the heads of management of all UN system organizations and applies to the whole of the UN system.
- United Nations System Mental Health and Well-being Strategy for 2024 and beyond:
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Why it is important?
Baseline data and subsequent studies have confirmed that United Nations system personnel experienced a number of psychosocial risk factors at work and reported high rates of symptoms consistent with a mental health condition.
The costs of inaction are high. Poor mental health leads to reduced productivity and staff absences and turnover, and it affects the ability of the United Nations to deliver on its mandates. There are also costs to United Nations personnel and their families and communities as they navigate the impact of symptoms of poor mental health and the effect that they can have on their lives. The actions that are taken now can have a real and positive impact on the mental health of United Nations personnel.