EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC HEALTH
Editorial
Jan 04, 2021 1790 1196

Review of the Lessons from the Mental Health Care in a Public Health Context Short Course: Australia Awards Africa

Brian Maila 1 2 * ,
Denis Mbako Jato 3
1 Chainama Hills College Hospital, P.O. Box 30043, Lusaka, ZAMBIA2 The University of Zambia, School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, P.O. Box 50110, Lusaka, ZAMBIA3 Integrated Health for All Foundation (IHAF), P. O. Box 31717, Biyem-Assi, Yaounde, CAMEROON* Corresponding Author
European Journal of Environment and Public Health, 2021, 5(2), em0068, https://doi.org/10.21601/ejeph/9369
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ABSTRACT

The World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends human resource development as a key strategy to promote global mental health. The optimal approach to building capacity in global mental health care requires partnerships between professional resources in high-income countries and promising health-related institutions in low- and middle-income countries. In this paper, we briefly describe the objectives of one of such initiatives, the Australia Awards Short Course titled, ‘Mental Health Care in a Public Health Context’, sponsored by the Australian Government, share our experience and reflections as participants in the program, and highlight key lessons relevant for scale-up of mental health care in low-middle income countries in Africa.

KEYWORDS

Australia Awards Africa mental health care public health capacity building global mental health task-shifting stigma gender trauma policy financing

CITATION (Harvard)

Maila, B., and Jato, D. M. (2021). Review of the Lessons from the Mental Health Care in a Public Health Context Short Course: Australia Awards Africa. European Journal of Environment and Public Health, 5(2), em0068. https://doi.org/10.21601/ejeph/9369
APA
Maila, B., & Jato, D. M. (2021). Review of the Lessons from the Mental Health Care in a Public Health Context Short Course: Australia Awards Africa. European Journal of Environment and Public Health, 5(2), em0068. https://doi.org/10.21601/ejeph/9369
Vancouver
Maila B, Jato DM. Review of the Lessons from the Mental Health Care in a Public Health Context Short Course: Australia Awards Africa. EUROPEAN J ENV PUBLI. 2021;5(2):em0068. https://doi.org/10.21601/ejeph/9369
AMA
Maila B, Jato DM. Review of the Lessons from the Mental Health Care in a Public Health Context Short Course: Australia Awards Africa. EUROPEAN J ENV PUBLI. 2021;5(2), em0068. https://doi.org/10.21601/ejeph/9369
Chicago
Maila, Brian, and Denis Mbako Jato. "Review of the Lessons from the Mental Health Care in a Public Health Context Short Course: Australia Awards Africa". European Journal of Environment and Public Health 2021 5 no. 2 (2021): em0068. https://doi.org/10.21601/ejeph/9369
MLA
Maila, Brian et al. "Review of the Lessons from the Mental Health Care in a Public Health Context Short Course: Australia Awards Africa". European Journal of Environment and Public Health, vol. 5, no. 2, 2021, em0068. https://doi.org/10.21601/ejeph/9369

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