Grant: Project Grant
University of British Columbia
$420,752.00
Strengthening mental health services through enhancing the capacity of health workers in Somalia (MH Care-Somalia)
FY 2023-24
Summary
Globally mental, neurological and substance use disorders (MNS) affect 10% of the population, but jumps to 22% in conflict settings and more than 75% of persons with MNS conditions in conflict settings such as Somalia lack access to mental health care. Somalia has faced decades of conflict and recurrent climactic shocks that eroded the resilience and coping mechanisms. While the mental health services including mental health workforce are almost non-existent, it is unlikely Somalia will be able to train sufficient mental health specialists. That is why we propose to address these gaps through task-sharing using WHO Mental Health Gap Action Program (mhGAP) to train frontline workers. mhGAP is designed to support non-specialist to provide MNS services for conflict-affected communities
Department
Program
Project Grant
Recipient
Location
British Columbia, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
CIHR Funding Decisions Database
As published
Id
500586
Name
Ibrahim Mohamed
Region
British Columbia
Country
Canada
Orgtype
Institution Paid; Research Institution
Instname2
Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction
Theme2
Health systems / services
Prcname2
Health Policy & Systems Management Research
Projecttitle
Strengthening mental health services through enhancing the capacity of health workers in Somalia (MH Care-Somalia)
Programtype2
Operating Grants
Orgnameinp2
University of British Columbia
Cihramount2
$420,752
Cihrequipment2
$0
Programname2
Project Grant
Keyworddelim
Conflict Settings; Health Workers; Mental Health; Mhgap; Psychosocial Support; Somalia
Abstract
Globally mental, neurological and substance use disorders (MNS) affect 10% of the population, but jumps to 22% in conflict settings and more than 75% of persons with MNS conditions in conflict settings such as Somalia lack access to mental health care. Somalia has faced decades of conflict and recurrent climactic shocks that eroded the resilience and coping mechanisms. While the mental health services including mental health workforce are almost non-existent, it is unlikely Somalia will be able to train sufficient mental health specialists. That is why we propose to address these gaps through task-sharing using WHO Mental Health Gap Action Program (mhGAP) to train frontline workers. mhGAP is designed to support non-specialist to provide MNS services for conflict-affected communities
Competitiondate
202403
Approvedterm2
4 yrs 0 mth
Pinamesdelim
Ibrahim, Mohamed
Approvedterm
4 ans 0 mois
Cihrcontribution2
~ $420,752~ $0~
