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Redefining mental healthcare in Ghana

Redefining mental healthcare in Ghana

Accra - Mental, neurological and substance use disorders account…
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Safiatu using her sewing skills and the machine provided to her by the Mental Health Coalition of Sierra Leone to generate income

Expanding treatment of mental illness in rural Sierra Leone

Living with mental illness has been a harrowing ordeal for Safiatu…
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COVID-19 vaccination roll-out stagnates in Africa

COVID-19 vaccination roll-out stagnates in Africa

Brazzaville – COVID-19 vaccination coverage has stagnated in half of…
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A mother at an IDP camp

Self-care empowers women to manage their sexual and reproductive health

Abuja, 18 October, 2022 - Living at the Internally Displaced Persons…
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Elna Christiana Rooi chose to self-medicate at home when she tested positive for COVID

‘The day COVID came into our house’

GOBABIS- As she reflects on the havoc the Delta variant of the SARS-…
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Elna Christiana Rooi chose to self-medicate at home when she tested positive for COVID

‘The day COVID came into our house’

GOBABIS- As she reflects on the havoc the Delta variant of the SARS-…
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WHO Ethiopia Supports DHIS2 Training to Drive COVID-19 Vaccination Data Management

Addis Ababa, October 2022 –The District Health Information System,…
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Ms Adetona after seeing a stress counsellor

Suicide is not an option  

Abuja, 13 October, 2022 - As of November 2019, Chidinma Ebele, 22…
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In Nigeria, health workers learn how to help women facing gender-based violence

In Nigeria, health workers learn how to help women facing gender-based violence

Borno, Nigeria – Like many health workers across the Sahel, Mairama…
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Barriers to mental health care in Africa

Barriers to mental health care in Africa

Kampala – Poor access to mental health care in many African countries…
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