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Africa’s Mental Health Care During COVID-19 – BORGEN – Borgen Project
There is hope with the arrival of new technology to help Africa’s mental health care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Africa’s Struggle with mental health…
SEASIDE, Oregon — Africa’s mental health care has always been an area of concern for the community. In the early 2000s, mental illness in Africa started to become more visible. With Africa’s 49% increase in population between 2000-2015, there was a 52% increase in the number of mental and substance use disorders. Unfortunately, with the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic, Africa’s struggle to acquire mental health care is lacking. This makes Africa’s mental health program nearly as important as infectious…
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