Mental Health Innovation Network Africa (MHIN Africa)

Mental Health Innovation Network Africa (MHIN Africa)

MHIN Africa is an Africa-specific, online platform for African mental health innovators: researchers, practitioners, policy-makers, service user advocates and donors in Africa.

Mission statement

MHIN Africa's purpose is to provide support for African mental health innovators and to synthesize knowledge, disseminate evidence generated by research and innovation initiatives in the field of mental health throughout Africa and promote the uptake of this evidence in policy and practice.

MHIN Africa aims to facilitate the development and uptake of effective mental health interventions by:

  • Enabling learning
  • Building partnerships
  • Synthesizing and disseminating knowledge
  • Leveraging resources

As part of MHIN, MHIN Africa strives to build strong, lasting partnerships and in an effort to create a more inclusive African network of mental health care stakeholders. 

Key partners

Funders

AFFIRM 

Seeking collaboration with

Experts by experience/service users
Other organizations
Policy makers
Researchers

Details

Approach(es)
Advocacy
Empowerment and service user involvement
Technology
Training, education and capacity building
Disorder(s)
All mental health conditions
Region(s)
Africa
Population(s)
Adults
Children and adolescents
Communicable diseases (e.g. HIV/AIDS, TB)
Disability
Families and carers
Humanitarian and conflict health
Maternal and neonatal health
Minority populations
Non-communicable diseases (e.g. cancer, diabetes, stroke)
Older adults
Setting(s)
Community
Workplace
Country(s)
South Africa