Enlisting African Traditional Healers, Faith Healers, and Community Health Workers to Help Detect Me (IMAGE)

Terry Collins Assoc

Enlisting African Traditional Healers, Faith Healers, and Community Health Workers to Help Detect Me

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Africa Mental Health Foundation model enlists traditional healers, faith healers and community health workers to help detect mental illness. In pilot project in Kenya, about 1600 people were referred to clinics, 500 were diagnosed with mental illness.

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Africa Mental Health Foundation

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