Mary Bitta

Job role:

Assistant research officer

Member type:

Practitioner/Implementer

Researcher

Brief Biography:

I am a researcher, working at the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Program, in Kilifi, Kenya. I interested in mental health interventions in resource poor settings. My key focus is mental health in primary care settings and the influence of health policy on mental health care.

Approach:

Policy and legislation

Human rights

Empowerment and service user involvement

Advocacy

Technology

Regions of interest:

Africa

Setting:

Community

Population:

Adults

Disorders of interest:

All disorders

Country:

Kenya

My contributions

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Difu Simo Mental Health Awareness Campaign

Use of participatory approaches involving people with lived experience to tackle public stigma

Region:

Africa

Population:

Adults

Families and carers

Disorder:

All disorders

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#WHD2017 Depression: Let's Talk Podcast

A special-edition MHIN podcast in celebration of World Health Day 2017, featuring key speakers from the Centre for Global Mental Health discussing this year's theme of depression.

Contributor(s):

Post date:

7 Apr 2017

Approach: