WHO-AIMS - General Information WHO report on mental health
systems of selected low- and middle-income countries What is
WHO-AIMS? The World Health Organization Assessment Instrument
for Mental Health Systems (WHO-AIMS) is a new WHO tool for
collecting essential information on the mental health system of
a country or region. The goal of collecting this information is
to improve mental health systems and to provide a baseline for
monitoring the change. For the purpose of WHO-AIMS, a mental
health system is defined as all the activities whose primary
purpose is to promote, restore or maintain mental health. WHO-
AIMS is primarily intended for assessing mental health systems
in low and middle income countries, but is also a valuable
assessment tool for high resource countries. Please click below
for the WHO-AIMS instrument and supporting documentation. Note:
Great care has been taken to ensure the reliability of the data
presented in the WHO-AIMS country reports. Data for WHO-AIMS are
collected by a team led by a