Africa: Get Pragmatic to Tackle Mental Health Stigma

16 March 2016

Evidence-based approaches can help poor countries overcome this major barrier to care, says Jagannath Lamichhane.

In 2008, Liza (name changed) moved to Harare, Zimbabwe's capital, from her rural home town where she had been gang-raped by armed forces. She left traumatised and terrified. The event changed her life completely. Not only did she contract HIV from the rape, Liza also became severely depressed. And it took her six years to access any mental health service.

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