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Today on October 10, World Mental Health Day is marked across the globe under the theme of "Lived Experiences Heard: Real Voices, Real Change". With more than 18 million staff and volunteers under our banner - the majority of whom are part of the communities they serve - the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement is defined by lived experience. For the Movement localisation is not an ambition – it is a reality – it is our organisational DNA and has been in place since our inception in 1863.

We invite young Red Cross Red Crescent volunteers or staff members to learn with us, develop messages and content together and to create a campaign launched across our platforms and outlets.

The Red Cross Red Crescent Movement MHPSS Hub is launching a podcast-series in cooperation with ICRC.

On World Suicide Prevention Day, 10 September 2026, the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement MHPSS Hub publishes an op-ed authored by our Research Specialist, Dr. Yasin Duman. The op-ed provides a critical overview of the gaps in our knowledge, the asymmetry of the way we produce and share our knowledge and ways forward in widening our scope.