The 2022 Qatar World Cup is set to promote discussions around mental health through an initiative called the Friendship Bench project, inspired by a doctor from Zimbabwe
The idea behind the Friendship Benches comes from Zimbabwean Psychiatry professor Dixon Chibanda.
Mental health sessions are carried out through lay health workers, colloquially referred to as "grandmothers". The Friendship Benches have helped bridge a shortage of professional healthcare workers in Zimbabwe, which has only 14 psychiatrists, 150 clinical psychologists and less than 500 psychiatric nurses serving a population of 16 million people.
The project applied in Qatar aligns with FIFA's #ReachOut campaign, designed to raise awareness of the symptoms of mental health conditions.
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