Ivy Wainaina
Job role:
Volunteer
Member type:
Researcher
Service User Representative/Advocate
Student
Other
Brief Biography:
Volunteer passionate about Mental Health and looking for formal opportunities to create awareness having gone through Depression and Anxiety myself so as to reduce stigma and create awareness in Africa.
Approach:
Policy and legislation
Human rights
Advocacy
Task sharing
Technology
Prevention and promotion
Detection and diagnosis
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Training, education and capacity building
Regions of interest:
Africa
Middle East
North America
Central America and the Caribbean
South America
Asia
Europe
Oceania
Setting:
Community
Population:
Maternal and neonatal health
Children and adolescents
Adults
Older adults
Families and carers
Minority populations
Humanitarian and conflict health
Non-communicable diseases (e.g. cancer, diabetes, stroke)
Communicable diseases (e.g. HIV/AIDS, TB)
Disability
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
All disorders
Country:
Kenya
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