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By CHARITY MUTURI and AMISA RASHID Access to mental health services remains a significant challenge for over 116 million people across Africa. This is due to, among other challenges, cultural and spiritual beliefs, inadequate human resources and infrastructure, financing constraints, legal barriers as well as societal misconceptions. Nevertheless, there is optimism, stemming from the proactive […]
...Being a teenager is difficult enough but with an untreated mental health condition it can be almost impossible. With one in every five teens having a mental illness, that may be why suicide it the third leading cause of deaths in those between the ages of 15 and 19. And 2/3 of them are not […]
...Everyone needs to focus more on mental health care, but Africa has a larger gap in available help for those with mental health issues. Nigeria and Ethiopia have a major treatment gap with people who have mental illness that do not get care at an all time high of over 90%. South Africa’s at 75%. […]
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