Enabling Access to Mental Health in Sierra Leone - Coalition

Enabling Access to Mental Health in Sierra Leone - Coalition Forming a Coalition Partners on the issue of mental health in Sierra Leone It deals with all range of age, with specific emphasis on youths and adults.

City of Rest is a Day Care Mental Health Organisation, who deals with ranges of health challenges including Psychosis, Substance Abuse and Trauma. At present, it is working on building a mental health coalition body that would serve as a voice for those suffering from mental health and it care givers. This project is a European Union sponsored one, with Community Association for Psychosocial Suppo

rt (CAPS) and University of Makeni (Unimak) serving as implementing partners. Activities undertaken so far by CAPS Mental Health Sensitization Team
The Team started work in April 2011 and has been able to visit many Organizations that are involved in mental health work. The need for CAPS mental Health Team’s mobility has been of paramount concern from the onset the need has now come out clearly as the team has started work. To maximize its effectiveness the team must be mobile. Travelling by public transport in Freetown is a very difficult task and sometimes hazardous due to reckless driving in the city. The Coordinator emphasised the urgency to purchase a vehicle locally to expedite the CAPS Mental Health (MH) Team’s activities. Three different quotations were obtained from three different garages indicating cost of different cars/vehicles appropriate for field use.

10/09/2024

Every 40 seconds a person dies by su***de somewhere in the world. Over 800 000 people die by su***de every year. Yet su***des are preventable. “Preventing su***de: a global imperative” is the first WHO report of its kind. It aims to increase awareness of the public health significance of su***de and su***de attempts, to make su***de prevention a higher priority on the global public health agenda, and to encourage and support countries to develop or strengthen comprehensive su***de prevention strategies in a multi-sectoral public health approach.

The report provides a global knowledge base on su***de and su***de attempts as well as actionable steps for countries based on their current resources and context to move forward in su***de prevention.

Decriminalizing Su***de: SAVING LIVES, REDUCING STIGMA
10/09/2024

Decriminalizing Su***de: SAVING LIVES, REDUCING STIGMA

Modified Version
03/10/2022

Modified Version

The Mental Health Coalition - Sierra Leone (MHC-SL) in partnership with the University of Makeni (UniMak) and CBM, and other development partners on Mental Health announces the 9th National Mental Health Conference. The theme for this Year's Conference is: Creating Hope through Action; Making Mental...

National Mental Health Conference 2022 Registration Form
29/09/2022

National Mental Health Conference 2022 Registration Form

9th National Mental Health Conference organize by the Mental Health Coalition – Sierra Leone (MHC-SL) and the University of Makeni (UniMak) in collaboration with other development partners in Mental Health under the Stand Up to Stigma Project with funding from CBM International. MHC-SL Partners in...

Mentalhealthcoalition Salone
29/10/2021

Mentalhealthcoalition Salone

8th National Mental Health Conference Registration Form in Sierra Leone organize by the Mental Health Coalition - Sierra Leone (MHC-SL), in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Sanitation, University of Makeni under the Stand Up to Stigma Project with funding from CBM International. MHC-SL....

Ramadan Message
06/05/2021

Ramadan Message

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