A5016026972- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Family Caregiving in Mental Illness
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints
- Disaster Response and Management
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Health and Conflict Studies
- HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Healthcare Systems and Reforms
- Health, psychology, and well-being
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa
2022-2025
Makerere University
2009-2021
Sierra Leone Urban Research Centre
2019
University of Sierra Leone
2017
London School of Economics and Political Science
2011
World Bank
2004-2005
No AccessStand Alone Books1 Feb 2013Disease and Mortality in Sub-Saharan AfricaSecond EditionAuthors/Editors: Eduard R. Bos, Dean T. Jamison, Florence Bainga, Richard G. A. Feacham, Malegapuru Makgoba, Karen J. Hofman, hama O. RogoEduard Rogohttps://doi.org/10.1596/978-0-8213-6397-3SectionsAboutPDF (5.1 MB) ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareFacebookTwitterLinked In Abstract:Current data trends morbidity mortality for the sub-Saharan Region as presented this new...
citingsymptomaticpatientsescap-ing from treatment units, families concealing sick rela-tives at home, preferential use of traditional healers,andphysicalcontactwithinfectiouscorpses.Neverthe-less, the Roadmap includes few recommendations toalleviate fear behaviors and address mental healthneedsinEbola-affectedcommunities.InWestAfrica,Ebolavirusdiseasearousesfearbe-haviors, in part because many have witnessed thegraphic hemorrhagic manifestations those...
N There has been a great need to develop research agenda strengthen mental health and psychosocial support in humanitarian settings; prior this area had limited inputs from practitioners.N We developed consensus-based for the next ten years through an interdisciplinary group of academics, policy makers, practitioners (n = 82) representing regions where crises occur.N Participants reached high level agreement on most highly prioritized questions, which consisted questions related to: problem...
Evaluations to objectively assess minimum competency are not routinely implemented for training and supervision in global mental health. Addressing this gap assessment is crucial safe effective health service integration primary care. To explore competency, study describes a program 206 workers Uganda, Liberia, Nepal humanitarian settings impacted by political violence, Ebola, natural disasters. Health were trained the World Organization's Gap Action Programme (mhGAP). demonstrated changes...
Background: Humanitarian crises are associated with an increase in mental disorders and psychological distress.Despite the emerging consensus on intervention strategies humanitarian settings, field of health psychosocial support (MHPSS) settings lacks a consensus-based research agenda.Methods: From August 2009 to February 2010, we contacted policymakers, academic researchers, aid workers, conducted nine semistructured focus group discussions 114 participants three locations (Peru, Uganda,...
Access to mental health care services for patients with neuropsychiatric disorders remains low especially in post-conflict, and middle income countries. Persons conditions epilepsy take many different paths when they access formal informal their conditions. This study conducted across three countries sought provide preliminary data inform program development on care. It thus assess the pathways persons severe accessing also identify barriers that face.Six depth interviews, 27 focus group...
International migration of healthcare workers is well established and has become a means maintaining service quality in many high income countries. In recent years, there been dramatic increase recruitment health personnel who have trained abroad, including from the poorest countries world. this article, using General Medical Council (GMC) data, we chart growth numbers international staff working United Kingdom, where since 2018, over half all new GMC registrations doctors abroad. There...
As illustrated powerfully by the 2013–2016 Ebola outbreak in western Africa, infectious diseases create fear and psychological reactions. Frequently, transforms into action – or inaction manifests as "fear-related behaviors" capable of amplifying spread disease, impeding life-saving medical care for Ebola-infected persons patients with other serious conditions, increasing distress disorder, exacerbating social problems. And case US micro-outbreak shows, an infectious-disease threat can...
Introduction Mental, neurological and substance use conditions lead to tremendous suffering, yet globally access effective care is limited. In line with the 13 th General Programme of Work (GPW 13), in 2019 World Health Organization (WHO) launched WHO Special Initiative for Mental : Universal Coverage advance mental health policies, advocacy, human rights scale up quality affordable people living conditions. Six countries were selected as ‘early-adopter’ initial phase. Our objective was...
Abstract Background In 2012, Ghana ratified the United Nations Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities and enacted a Mental Health Act to improve quality mental health care stop human rights violations against people conditions. line these objectives, Ghanaian stakeholders collected data services respect for in psychiatric facilities identify challenges gather useful information development plans aimed offered. This study assess from different regions provide evidence services....
This Disaster Health Briefing focuses on the work of an expanding team researchers that is exploring dynamics fear-related behaviors in situations mass threat. Fear-related are individual or collective and actions initiated response to fear reactions triggered by a perceived threat actual exposure potentially traumatizing event. Importantly, modulate future risk harm. case scenarios presented illustrate how operate when traumatic event threatens endangers physical and/or psychological...