Jessica Mackenzie

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Job role: 
Research Fellow, Research and Policy in Development, ODI
Affiliation: 
Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
Member type: 
Practitioner/Implementer
Researcher
Brief Biography: 

Jessica is a Research Fellow with ODI, specialising in policy influence and improving the role of knowledge in policy-making globally, with expertise in Indonesia and broader South East Asia. Prior to joining the ODI, she worked for AusAID on governance, education service delivery and designs for evidence-based policy and practice programmes.

Approach: 
Policy and legislation
Human rights
Empowerment and service user involvement
Advocacy
Regions of interest: 
Africa
Middle East
North America
Central America and the Caribbean
South America
Asia
Europe
Oceania
Population: 
Minority populations
Non-communicable diseases (e.g. cancer, diabetes, stroke)
Communicable diseases (e.g. HIV/AIDS, TB)
Disability
Disorders of interest: 
All disorders
Country: 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

My contributions

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Investing in mental health in low-income countries

A policy brief and discussion paper on how to make investing in mental health services realistic and manageable for low income country governments.
Page type: 
Policy and advocacy
Approach: 
Advocacy
Training, education and capacity building
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Mental health: the world's forgotten crisis

This ODI #GlobalChallenges debate focuses on how we address and make progress on mental health around the world.
Contributor(s): 
Jessica Mackenzie
Post date: 
10 Jun 2016
Approach: 
Policy and legislation
Advocacy
Disorder: 
All disorders
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Capitalising on change: How can we generate mental health funding?

ODI's Jessica Mackenzie and Christie Kesner announce their forthcoming report 'Mental health funding and the SDGs: what now and who pays,' which summarises current funding opportunities in global mental health and proposes paths forward.
Author(s): 
Jessica Mackenzie
Christie Kesner
Post date: 
10 May 2016
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Characterising mental health and recommending engagement strategies for the Mental Health Innovation Network

In this podcast, recorded during the Grand Challenges Meeting Seattle, Jessica Mackenzie summarizes her findings on the global mental health arena and makes some recommendations for the Mental Health Innovation Network and the global mental health community.
Contributor(s): 
Jessica Mackenzie
Post date: 
24 Nov 2014
Approach: 
Policy and legislation
Empowerment and service user involvement
Advocacy
Disorder: 
All disorders
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Good Mental Health - of fundaMental Importance to the SDGs

ODI's Jessica MacKenzie discusses why mental health must be a priority in the post-2015 SDGs
Author(s): 
Jessica Mackenzie
Post date: 
10 Nov 2014
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What better way to spend World Mental Health Day? Understanding policy influence in mental health.

Jessica Mackenzie, a Reserach Fellow at ODI, shares some key take home points from a recent policy engagement workshop run with GCC grantees in Seattle.
Author(s): 
Jessica Mackenzie
Post date: 
17 Oct 2014