The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for South-East convened the summit: “Voices of People with Lived Experience in the Region” in Kathmandu, Nepal on 19 and 20 June 2024, to share perspectives on the rights of people with lived experience, including access to health care, employment, housing and education. It aimed to promote policy reforms that protect the rights of those with mental health conditions by identifying existing gaps and opportunities for reform across different sectors.
The summit provided a platform for people with lived experience to share experiences, challenges and solutions, and to establish a regional dialogue on engaging and empowering this community, as per commitments made by the health ministers of Member States of WHO South-East Asia Region at the Seventy-fifth Session of the WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia on universal access to people-centered mental health care and services.
Shane Bhatla 
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