CETA Global

The CETA system of care has a variety of modes. We’re currently conducting a training for mental health providers that were previously trained in the full CETA model in our briefer model that equips them in providing time-effective substance use interventions for people living with HIV in Zambia. Our project is a robust collaboration between various institutions coming together to better mental health for Zambians.

Our partners include Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, , Columbia University, and the Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ), in partnership with the UAB Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine.

It's BIPOC Health Month. is a cost-effective, science-backed, culturally-adapted mental health service package that improves mental health treatment access as it integrates within existing healthcare systems! CETA helps tackles multiple problems of mental health, violence, substance use and treatment adherence across low-resource, marginalized communities with community-based health centers in Chicago, New York City and others! global supports health and for all! Read more about our work at CETA Global here: https://www.cetaglobal.org/ and find out more about BIPOC Health Month here: https://www.mhanational.org/bipoc

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 39.0 million people were living with HIV globally in 2022. CETA is an evidence-based treatment package that addresses mental health and frequently co-occurring problems of violence and substance use in people living with HIV. CETA has partnered with ministries of health and service agencies in Sub-Saharan Africa tackling these issues by building capacity to improve lives of people living with HIV for over a decade!

(Photo: Dr. Laura Murray, co-developer of CETA discussing how CETA addresses resource cost challenges, to various stakeholders in Zambia)

The World Health Organization's Mental Health and Substance Use Department just published ‘Psychological interventions implementation manual: Integrating evidence-based psychological interventions into existing services’ highlighting among globally recognized and widely tested transdiagnostic psychological interventions that "takes shared, non-specific components of established psychological treatments for different mental health conditions and combines them into a single treatment model." treats multiple problems together, making it a highly impactful choice in low-resource contexts! World Health Organization (WHO)

Access the manual here: https://lnkd.in/gQnGvp2v

This week is National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week. CETA is a science-backed treatment, shown to reduce heavy alcohol use and drug use worldwide including in Sub-Saharan Africa and South East Asia. CETA global is committed to addressing drug and alchol use.

https://nida.nih.gov/research-topics/national-drug-alcohol-facts-week

1 in 4 women experience perinatal depression in low- and middle-income countries. Using a multi-tiered mental health systems approach, CETA is working with maternal health program partners in Myanmar to treat and prevent perinatal depression and other common mental health problems.

Happy International Women's Day from the CETA Global Team. Our intervention supports women and girls across low and middle-income countries. CETA is a globally-tested, evidenced-based, mental health intervention that is highly effective in reducing and preventing violence against women.
Photo Credit https://www.freepik.com/.../international-women-s-day...
Image by pikisuperstar on Freepik

Latest study shows both in-person & tele-CETA have HIGH EFFECTIVENESS to address prevalent health issues among adolescents and young adults.

Combatting and internalizing and externalizing problems and reduce use and improving in Zambia together!

Increasing access to services in Zambia!

CETA trainees actively engaged in learning clinical decision making through a hands-on card sorting activity. Tackling challenges and building capacity in -based health in Myanmar with our partners Sun Community Health Center and Karuna Mission Social Solidarity
https://www.caritas.org/where-caritas-work/asia/myanmar/
Caritas international Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

In partnership with the Sun Community Health Center and Caritas International, Yangon (Myanmar) a new cohort of CETA counselors started training this week in Myanmar. Our regional trainers did a fantastic job teaching the core components of CETA.

Johns Hopkins University Caritas international

https://www.caritas.org/where-caritas-work/asia/myanmar/

Critical stakeholders and leading professionals in mental health and interpersonal violence management, came together for successful alignment meetings to inform mental health practice and policy recommendations for improving health and integrating CETA in HIV care clinics in South Africa.

CETA Global and Johns Hopkins University's Dr. Laura Murray and HEROZA's Sophie Pascoe discussing next steps!

, , health
Health Economics and Epidemiology Research Office - HE2RO

The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, CETA Global, Columbia University, and the Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ), in partnership with the UAB Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine, released hot off the press results of our 5-year randomised controlled trial bolstering promise of tele-CETA for youth and adolescents' mental health!

The CETA Approach is a flexible intervention, a transdiagnostic approach grounded in cognitive behavioral therapy elements common to evidence-based treatments for , problems, and .

Both in-person & tele-CETA show high EFFECTIVENESS to address prevalent health issues among adolescents and young adults. They help in mitigating, , , and reduces use!

Johns Hopkins and CETA Global's Dr Laura Murray and CIDRZ's Mwamba Mwenge, the monitoring and evaluation officer, presented the findings during a stakeholders' meeting hosted by the Ministry of Health of Zambia
Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Our newest cadre of CETA counselors and supervisors are ready to improve the health of South Africans together! Integrated solutions to address IPV in women living with HIV!
Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Health Economics and Epidemiology Research Office - HE2RO

Successful engagement and enthusiastic discussions with our local partners and clinics to effectively integrate CETA in HIV Care in South Africa!
CETA Global Johns Hopkins UniversityJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

We are thrilled to see Peace of Mind, a story about CETA providers in Ukraine, receive an Anthem Award:

Entry - Anthem Awards Brought to you by The Webby Awards, The Anthem Awards honors the purpose & mission-driven work of people, companies, and organizations worldwide. By amplifying the voices that spark global change, we’re defining a new benchmark for impactful work that inspires others to take action in their own co...

Post-doctoral Fellowship (T32) Opportunity in Global Mental/Behavioral Health

With support from United Nations Development Programme - UNDP CETA’s Ukrainian trainers were able to train and support psychologists working with refugees in Moldova.

A unique treatment approach to multiple mental health challenges is now familiar to professionals in Moldova as well | United Nations Development Programme "I will now be able to offer high-quality psychological care to our clients." "This tool is both a novice psychologist's dream and a 20-year experienced professional's dream." These are just a few impressions of the participants of the Common Elements Treatment Approach (CETA) training, organized in...

We loved collaborating with the Syrian American Medical Society- SAMS to remotely train counselors to provide crisis and psychosocial services. What a great group!

A great piece by our colleagues at Jhpiego Uganda highlighting CETA integration in HIV clinics and the impact the CETA system of care has had on health care workers' capacity to treat multiple problems with efficiency and effectiveness.

What Good is a Pill, If There is No Will? - Jhpiego Health records revealed that Roger* had been missing his appointments at the clinic in Fort Portal in western Uganda, a region with high HIV prevalence. His mood, which was beyond sad, hinted as to why Roger was not showing up for antiretroviral therapy. If taken regularly, the medication can supp....

We are excited to continue our partnership with the Center for Indigenous Health to trial the Family Spirit Strengths curriculum to promote maternal mental health! First day of training and feeling the care and commitment the Shiprock team has for their community.

Trainees in Uganda love using our innovative CETA training platform. CETA technology is expanding access to evidence-based training in Uganda and around the world.

The time has come to bring up the next round of CETA Psychosocial trainers! We are excited to have this wonderful mix of trainees from Ukraine, India and the U.S.A. join us in our goal to expand evidenced based MHPSS care around the globe!

Amazing CETA trainers David Mwanza and Elizabeth building capacity in clinical supervision for new providers in Uganda. The CETA apprenticeship model is the key to sustainability and scale-up of integrated mental and behavioral health services.

Our strong partnership with leading to expanded mental health integration in HIV services across multiple sites in Uganda.

The newest cohort of CETA counselors practicing their clinical decision-making – a critical skill in building precision-based treatment flows for multimorbid presentations.

Excited to announce a new partnership with HIAS Ukraine and Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (GCR2P) to train the newest group of CETA counselors and supervisors in Ukraine. An incredible group of providers continuing to provide essential care services in wartime.

We are thrilled to welcome 40 new providers to the CETA team! What a wonderful group to work with International Medical Corps and their partner sites. We look forward to seeing how they put their new skills to use helping those in need throughout Ukraine.

The Ukrainian CETA training team and participants from International Medical Corps didn’t let today's shelling in Kyiv stop their training! Participants persevered and continued to learn the CETA Psychosocial skills even from the shelter.

We loved working with United Nations Development Programme - UNDP on implementing CETA in !

Participatory Planning and Paying for Local Action Plans to Address Gender-Based Violence: Lessons from Indonesia, Peru and the Republic of Moldova | United Nations Development Programme This report outlines results from the UNDP global project on Ending Gender-based Violence (GBV) and Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, which has tested new approaches for preventing and responding to this violence in seven countries.