
November 2014: Kofi Annan and Lundbeck join forces to push depression up the global agenda
The Global Crisis of Depression conference on 25 November in London was opened with a keynote speech by former Secretary General of the UN, Kofi Annan. Over three hundred delegates including key politicians, thought leaders, employers, patient groups from around the world and health care decision makers participated in the conference with the aim of pushing depression up the global health care agenda.