To shed light on this issue, the Mental Health Now: Share-your-story social media campaign will elevate the voices of health workers, raise awareness of their experiences and foster dialogue about mental health in the pandemic.
Share your story
PAHO is inviting health workers in the region of the Americas to share their experiences caring for patients on the frontlines of the pandemic and lessons of how they have coped during this time.
If you are a health worker living in the Americas, please submit a short video in Facebook, Twitter or Instagram using the hashtag #MentalHealthNow with your story.
The deadline to present stories was closed on November, 15th, 2021
Participants will have the chance to be featured in an official PAHO video, following the campaign
Video
The following video summarizes the testimonials submitted by health workers to this campaign.
Thank you to all who have shared their experiences and helped to raise the voices of health workers in the Region of the Americas.
Resources
Virtual course on Self-care for first-line emergency response personnel
This course aims to provide knowledge and strategies for the identification and management of stress associated with the work environment and to provide resources and practices for the self-care of personnel in the first line of response in emergencies.
(Available only in Spanish at the moment)
The COVID-19 HEalth caRe wOrkErs Study (HEROES). Informe Regional de las Américas
"The COVID-19 HEalth caRe wOrkErs Study (HEROES). Regional Report of the Americas", led by the University of Chile and Columbia University, with the collaboration of PAHO, analyzes the results of interviews with 14,502 health workers who working on the response to COVID-19 in 11 countries between May and September 2020.
The data indicated high rates of emotional distress and suicidal ideation and an increased need for care among healthcare workers. They also pointed out that women and minorities seem to be the most affected.
