WHO Mental Health Platform
Cost-effectiveness modelling for mental health interventions
About This Platform
The WHO Mental Health Platform is a cost-effectiveness modelling tool for evaluating mental health interventions. It allows health economists and policymakers to compare intervention scenarios, estimate health impacts, and assess resource requirements across different country contexts.
This tool models intervention coverage, effectiveness, and costs based on epidemiological data and published evidence. It generates estimates of health outcomes (DALYs averted), resource needs (workforce, medications, facilities), and cost-effectiveness ratios to inform priority-setting and planning.
This is a modelling tool, not definitive policy guidance. Results depend on model assumptions and input parameters. Users should interpret outputs in context and consult official WHO guidelines and local expertise when making decisions.
How to Use This Tool
- Models: Select a mental health condition (anxiety, depression, bipolar, psychosis, epilepsy), country, and projection period.
- Scenarios: Configure the baseline first, then configure the intervention scenario on top of it.
- Assumptions: Review and adjust epidemiological data, cost parameters, and intervention effects.
- Results: Run the simulation to view health impacts, costs, resource requirements, and cost-effectiveness.
The WHO Mental Health Platform is developed in collaboration with the World Health Organization. This tool was created by Forecast Health.
Disclaimer: This is a decision-support tool for cost-effectiveness analysis. Model outputs are estimates based on available data and assumptions. They should not be interpreted as definitive recommendations or medical advice. Users should validate inputs for their context, interpret results critically, and consult official WHO guidelines and local expertise when formulating policy or clinical decisions.