Mental health policy in Kenya -an integrated approach to scaling up equitable care for poor populations.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although most donor and development agency attention is focussed on communicable diseases in Kenya, the importance of non-communicable diseases including mental health and mental illness is increasingly apparent, both in their own right and because of their influence on health, education and social goals. Mental illness is common but the specialist service is extremely sparse and primary care is struggling to cope with major health demands. Non health sectors e.g. education, prisons, police, community development, gender and children, regional administration and local government have significant concerns about mental health, but general health programmes have been surprisingly slow to appreciate the significance of mental health for physical health targets. Despite a peo

SUBMITTER: Kiima D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2907308 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature