Intern News Mental health and the pandemic: living, caring, acting! On 11 May 2021, I attended the online event held by the European Commission titled "Mental health and the pandemic: living, caring, acting!". The event was primarily about the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic had on citizens' mental health over the last year. John F. Ryan (Director of Public Health, DG SANTE) chaired the event, alongside other high level speakers such as Stella Kyriakides (Commissioner for Health and Food Safety) Sara Cerdas (MEP, Co-chair Coalition for Mental Health and Well-Being) and Hans Kluge (Director, WHO Regional Office for Europe). The most interesting session was about mental health for young people. Martina Darmanin (President of the European Students' Union) gave an insight into the mental ill-health that students are facing before and during COVID-19. She thanked EPSA for our latest survey report on Mental Health and our collaboration over the past year. Chloe Lebbos (VP EA elect) also joined me at this event, so it was a good opportunity to liaise about EPSA's visibility at online events. - Jess McNamara, Vice President of European Affairs
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