Innovations

A proven, cost-effective and scalable community-based group therapy program to treat depression appropriate for African contexts.

A methodology to strengthen communities, by addressing the bio-psycho-social-spiritual dimensions of individuals.

Implementation of residential support or ‘Hogar Protegido’ (the first ‘protected home’ in Lima) for people with chronic mental illness.

Educator training to provide the knowledge and tools to increase early identification and treatment access for adolescents.

Community based rehabilitation (CBR), which involves working with individuals, families, and communities.

A program that delivers daily supportive text messages to subscribers’ mobile phones.

Action-oriented, community-based public health interventions.

Adaptation and testing of an evidence-based psychosocial intervention for family members affected by a relative's alcohol use, delivered by lay counsellors in a low resource setting.

Scale-up of innovative model engaging and educating community health workers, traditional, and faith healers to identify suspected cases of mental illness, build awareness, and combat stigma within rural communities.

Shared Housing in scattered neighbourhoods with supportive services facilitated by an on site lay worker.

Use of mobile phones to provide guidance to community mobilizers on how to promote wellbeing, and to detect common mental disorders and mental illness.

Increased coverage of alcohol dependence treatment through an alcohol detoxification and relapse prevention package delivered by lay health workers.

A program that works with local partners to train general healthcare staff to provide mental health and psychosocial services

Facilitated and interactive support to closed groups of 10-15 HIV positive adolescents via SMS.