Innovations

Using an adapted Community-based Sociotherapy approach to reduce depressive symptomology in Congolese refugees.

Mental health integration into primary care and services for MDRTB/HIV/AIDs in Lesotho.

Adaptation of group Cognitive Processing Therapy to a low-income context with ongoing conflict.

Co-designed, community-led Women Circles nurture the innate strength of women and communities through a series of group activities that promote wellbeing, reduce stress, strengthen relationships, and support women in becoming agents of change.

A nurse-led approach within a non-specialist setting was a successful model for delivering mental health and psychosocial support services during the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone.

A multimedia self-help package delivered by facilitators with minimal training.

An embedded curriculum resource delivered to students by trained teachers.

A primary school intervention delivered primarily by lay workers

Application of a continuous quality improvement methodology for improved maternal depression & epilepsy care in Ghana.

Integration of a program of routine surveillance and screening for childhood NDDs into the National Program on Immunization (NPI) at primary care level

A multimodal afterschool and summer intervention for children displaying severe disruptive disorders and academic underachievement

Provision of stepped-care intervention for perinatal depression by primary care workers with ongoing support and supervision

Use of mobile clinics, service user owned pharmacies, and Psychological First Aid to increase access to mental health services