CONCY AKOT ABALO

Job role: 
Medical Officer
Member type: 
Practitioner/Implementer
Researcher
Brief Biography: 

Medical doctor, working with refugee populations. Passionate about improving public health including mental health and mental health service delivery to PoCs in humanitarian crisis.

Approach: 
Policy and legislation
Empowerment and service user involvement
Prevention and promotion
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Training, education and capacity building
Regions of interest: 
Africa
Middle East
Central America and the Caribbean
South America
Europe
Setting: 
Community
Workplace
Population: 
Maternal and neonatal health
Children and adolescents
Humanitarian and conflict health
Disorders of interest: 
Epilepsy/seizures
Child behavioural and developmental disorders
Psychosis/bipolar disorder
Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders
Alcohol/drug use disorders
Self-harm/suicide
Country: 
Uganda