The Big Event for Mental Health : WHO

• learn how WHO, together with our partners, is helping improve the mental health of people in countries throughout the world;
• hear from national and international leaders about why they are making mental health a priority;
• hear first-hand why internationally-renowned artists have become mental health advocates and listen to their advice for those who are struggling; and
• listen to critically-acclaimed musicians perform some of their most popular music.

In the lead-up to World Mental Health Day and the Big Event, we will invite you to join the campaign, sharing messages, creating posts showing how you invest in your own mental health, and asking your questions of special guests through live Q and A sessions on social media.

How to watch the Big Event

Tune in from one of WHO’s social media channels:

Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube and TikTok channels

Start time: 10:00 New York, 16:00 Geneva, 19:30 New Delhi

The Event is expected to last three hours.

Host and participants

Award-winning journalist, Femi Oke, will host the event. She will be joined by mental health advocates and performers including:

• Cynthia Germanotta: President and Co-Founder (with her daughter Lady Gaga) of Born This Way Foundation and WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Mental Health
• Alisson Becker: goalkeeper for Liverpool Football Club and the Brazilian National Football Team and WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Health Promotion
• Natália Loewe Becker: medical doctor and WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Health Promotion
• Talinda Bennington: widow of Linkin Park lead vocalist Chester Bennington and founding partner of the mental health advocacy organization 320 Changes Direction
• Klas Bergling: father of DJ, musician and producer Tim “Avicii” Bergling and Co-founder of the Tim Bergling Foundation.
• Korede Bello: Nigerian singer and songwriter
• Jonny Benjamin: mental health campaigner, film producer and public speaker

Also participating will be national and international leaders who have championed mental health in their own countries:

• Her Majesty Queen Mathilde of the Belgiums
• Epsy Campbell Barr, First Vice-President of Costa Rica
• Sigrid Kaag, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, the Netherlands
• Peter Sands: Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
• Muhammad Ali Pate: Global Director, Health, Nutrition and Population, World Bank

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