Innovations

Use of trained lay healthcare workers and technology to overcome limitations in the delivery of mental health services to youth.

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.

Combined intervention of cognitive behavioral therapy for maternal depression and psychosocial stimulation training for mother-child dyads

Outpatient services available though primary care and community facilities in local government areas throughout Benue State

Emphasis on personalized and diverse social care delivered by grassroots mobilizers

Evidence-based intervention to improve emotion-regulation and daily functioning as integrated into the World Bank-supported Youth Employment Scheme

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

A model integrating weekly interactive youth radio programs, school-based mental health literacy, and clinical care competency enhancement for community health providers.

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

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

Integrated social, technological, and business innovations to scale up training for family members of children with developmental delays

A 3-part model strengthening governmental systems to provide decentralized MHPSS in the EVD outbreak