Leaming Task 4 Read the article below. Encircle the cohesive devices
Afterwards, determine the function of each cohesive device
MENTAL HEALTH TOLL OF PANDEMIC DEVASTATING-WHO
GENEVA - The COVID-19 pandemie is having a devastating impact on mental health
services globally, the World Health Organization (WHO) Monday ahead of a large
it warned that mental health had been overlooked in the crisis pointing to a survey conducted between
June and August that revealed severe disruptions to services in 93 countries. We 83 percent of the
130 countnes surveyed had included mental health in their coronavirus pandemic response plans only
17 percent had actually set up the full funding required it said
This is a forgotten aspect of COMID-19. WHO mental health director Devora Kestel told
virtual media briefing, stressing the urgent need for increased funding Before the pandemie, countrie
were spending less than two percent of their national health budget on mental health and were struggling
to meet demand, the WHO said That demand has now dramatically increased due to the pandemic
"Bereavement isolation loss of income, and fear are thggering mental health conditions or
exacerbating existing ones," the agency said in a statement
"Many people may be facing increased levels of alcohol and drug use, insomnia and ariety
Prevention programs ht first
Though all regions of the world have been affected, high-income nations had been better able to
maintain the provision of services. WHO's survey found that 30 percent of countries reported som
disruption in emergency mental health provision and medication supplies for people with dis
Prevention services were sharply affected while travel restrictions hindered pabent access to be​