Category Archives: Awareness Raising
Coalition member’s journalism on allAfrica.com
Congratulations to Coalition member Amjata Bayoh on his well-written and balanced piece on mental health in Sierra Leone.
His piece, Nurses Not Curses – Witchcraft Beliefs and Mental Health in Sierra Leone, can be found on allAfrica.com here:
http://allafrica.com/stories/201402041125.html
You can learn more about youth star, Amjata, by visiting his organization’s  website:
West African Medical Missions (WAMM)
Sierra Leone resources on WHO MiNDbank – Country Resources
The WHO MiNDbank Project is an online resource covering resources across mental health, disability and development.
Here is a little WHO blurb on the MiNDbank Project:
Check out the latest for Sierra Leone here:
Sierra Leone Mental Health Policy Launched by First Lady
Backed by the efforts of the Sierra Leone Mental Health Coalition, the MOHS launches the Mental Health Policy and Strategic Plan on the commemoration of World Mental Health Day, 2012.
WHO Press Coverage:
Local Press Coverage:
Sierra Leone Mental Health Policy:
http://www.whosierraleone.org/1_docs/mohspartnersdocs/mental_health_policy.pdf
Mental Health Coalition - Sierra Leone 
You must be logged in to post a comment.