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The Global Mental Health: Trauma and Recovery Certificate Training Program, GMH, is in its 16th year. GMH was implemented in November 2006 by a call for training capacity in mental health by the World’s Ministers of Health (n=38) meeting in Rome in December 2004. The main objective of the GMH Program is to provide state-of-the-art cultural and evidence-based knowledge and skills to health and mental health professionals, humanitarian relief workers, and policy planners caring for traumatized patients, families, and communities worldwide. Advances in the neurosciences, psychosocial interventions, and community development will be offered. A major focus of the course is on the transfer of knowledge in trauma informed care of survivors, an in-depth study of the neuroscience of trauma, and leadership development of course participants. Course participants receive an online version of the textbook: Global Mental Health: Trauma and Recovery: A Companion Guide for Field and Clinical Care of Traumatized People Worldwide. Special highlighted topics include care of the survivors of COVID-19, self-care for health care workers, racial trauma, and climate change, and ecocide. The combination of lectures, Q&A with faculty allows for in-depth sharing of knowledge and expertise of faculty and participants. This two-week online program uses a lecture and discussion format for all the subjects included in the course. Additionally, there will be an opportunity for participants to network with one another and with the faculty.