The Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP) is an initiative of the World Health Organization (WHO) that aims to scale up services for mental, neurological, and substance use disorders. The goal of mhGAP is to provide evidence-based and cost-effective interventions for these conditions, particularly in low and middle-income countries where mental health resources may be scarce.
This training modules on mhGAP has been designed with healthcare workers and non- healthcare workers in mind. Mental, Neurological and substance use (MNS) disorders greatly affect ability of children to learn and of adults to function in families, at the workplace and in the society at large. The mhGAP training module for healthcare workers seeks to build capacity in learners on priority mental health conditions as outlined in W.H.O mhGAP- Intervention Guide (2016), with knowledge on how to respond to the various mental health conditions that may be presented to them at the primary healthcare level. With 25% of outpatient and 40% of in patients being diagnosed with mental health conditions, it is important for healthcare workers-not specifically trained in mental health- to respond to these cases and ensuring provision of the highest attainable standard of health for all Kenyans.
- Teacher: mhGAP Trainer