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Launching of activities in the context of the World Mental Health Day 2021, Mauritius

Promoting mental health and well-being to reduce inequality and achieve universal health coverage

Mauritius marked the World Mental Health Day 2021 under the theme “…
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Uganda’s community initiative helping HIV patients overcome depression

Uganda’s community initiative helping HIV patients overcome depression

Gulu, Uganda – Margaret was engulfed by depression and…
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Access to mental health and psychosocial support services remains unequal for children and adolescents in Africa, alert UNICEF & WHO

Access to mental health and psychosocial support services remains unequal for children and adolescents in Africa, alert UNICEF & WHO

BRAZZAVILLE/NAIROBI/DAKAR, 10th October 2021 – At least one in seven…
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WHO facilitates training of health workers on mental health service provision in humanitarian setting

WHO facilitates training of health workers on mental health service provision in humanitarian setting

On 27 May to 02 June 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO)…
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Bulawayo and Harare health care workers gain new skills on management of stress, anxiety and depression during the COVID-19 pandemic

  By Tatenda Chimbwanda Mazowe, Zimbabwe – "l really needed…
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Call for increased investments towards mental health services

Call for increased investments towards mental health services

 By Vivian Mugarisi Harare, Zimbabwe - October 10 marks the…
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World Mental Health Day 2020 marked on 08 October in Mauritius: exhibition of handy crafts and plants by patients

Mental Health: Needing Greater Investment More Than Ever

The World Mental Health Day 2020 was marked on 08 October 2020 at the…
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The sessions of the training going on

Training on Mental Health using the Mental Health - GAP (mh-GAP) Guideline

Health is the state of complete mental, physical and social well-…
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Psychologist team at the Butembo Ebola Treatment Centre meet in their office which was damaged in an arson attack earlier this year.

Psychological support for life after Ebola

It is a bittersweet day for Kennedy, 8 years old, who is about to be…
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Umar Musami, Psychiatrist, Federal Neuro Psychiatric Hospital looking at medication for mental disorders in Bakass Camp in early March 2018

Healing the mental scars of violence in northeastern Nigeria

It began as a hot autumn day like any other for Aisha (pseudonym).…
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