Tag: Mental Health
KNCHR: Protect every person’s mental health as universal human right
The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) has called upon citizens to continue raising awareness, driving actions and implementing interventions that prioritize, promote...
Mental health care ‘barriers’ must end, urges Guterres
Three in four people suffering from a mental health condition receive inadequate treatment or none at all UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Monday,...
Gov’t launches national guidelines to promote Mental Health at workplace
The Ministry of Health took a significant step Thursday by unveiling the National Guidelines on Workplace Mental Wellness.
Acting Director General of Health, Dr. Patrick...
Somber mood engulfs Rachuonyo village as girl commits suicide
A somber mood engulfed Ogenga village in Rachuonyo East Sub County after a 16-year-old standard eight pupil at Ogenga Primary School within the village...
State pledges to facilitate training of doctors to handle mental health
Health Cabinet Secretary Susan Nakhumicha has pledged to set up structures that will facilitate the training of doctors to handle mental health patients in...
Survey: 55pc of adolescents suffer mental health related issues
55pc of adolescents in Kenya suffer from mental health-related conditions, according to the Kenya Adolescent Health Survey.
Informed by these statistics the Ministry of...