Matshidiso Moeti, World Health Organization Regional Director for Africa, attends a briefing for World Health Assembly delegates on the Ebola outbreak response in Democratic Republic of the Congo at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, May 23, 2018. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse• Expert urges better deal for patients
According to her, the theme serves as a reminder that, after nearly three years, the COVID-19 pandemic’s social isolation, fear of illness and death as well as difficult socio-economic conditions have contributed to an estimated 25 per cent global rise in depression and anxiety. Her words: “Inadequate financing for mental health continues to be the biggest limitation, negatively impacting efforts to expand Africa’s mental health workforce. As things stand, there are fewer than two mental health workers for every 100,000 people, the majority of whom are psychiatric nurses and mental health nursing aids. With these scarce resources concentrated at large psychiatric institutions in urban areas, people at community and primary care levels are left critically underserved.
BESIDES, Chief Executive officer at Childcare and Wellness Clinic, Dr. Yashua Alkali Hamza, has urged Nigerians to stop discriminating against people with mental health issues. She called on government to invest on mental health and professionals as well as create more awareness so people would know that mental health issue is not a disease and there should not be any discrimination against patients.
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