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Utilizing the Wayo-Nero (“Aunt-Uncle”) Strategy as a Vehicle for Improving Access to Mental Health Services in Post-conflict Northern Uganda: Effectively Bridging Indigenous/Traditional and Modern/Biomedical Therapy Systems

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Start Date: 21/09/2012- End Date: 21/12/2015


Project Lead(s): Herbert Muyinda

In Uganda less than 20% of people with mental illness access care in hospitals. The problem is two-fold: (1) resistance on the part of people to access care in (modern) clinical settings, and go to traditional healers instead; and (2) bio-medical mental health professionals are suspicious of what traditional healers offer. Our general objective is to reduce the treatment gap among people with mental illness by increasing access to mental healthcare, reducing stigma, and thereby minimizing suffering among people with mental Illnesses.

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    Program

    Global Mental Health

    Institution

    Makerere University

    Institution Country

    Uganda

    Implementation Country

    Uganda

    Implementation Region

    Sub-Saharan Africa

    Priority

    Active Conflict, Anxiety disorders, Depression, Economic, Mental Neurological and Substance Use Disorders, Non-communicable Diseases, Post-Conflict, Post-traumatic stress disorder, Schizophrenia, Social Justice, Traumatic Context

    Platform

    Community Health Worker Training, Information and Communications Technology, Service Delivery

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