Guests. My first guest is zeinab hijazi, the Senior Health and Technical Advisor at unicef. Welcome to Washington Post live. Thank you for having me. A quick note to our audience, we would love to hear your questions. Tweet us using the handle post live. Lets start off with statistics. I heard that one in seven kids under 19 years old experience some kind of Mental Health disorder around the world. Does this figure sound correct to you . Yes. Mental health and these statistics are an important indication of Mental Health being this global issue. Of course, it remains stigmatized and underfunded in almost every country rich or poor and poor Mental Health in childhood or adolescence prevents children from reaching their two true potential. Far too many children are burning under the weight up under addressed Mental Health issues. Estimating other statistics that are important to note including that one in four children live with a parent who has a Mental Health condition and that really
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