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Providing Sustainable Mental Health Care in Kenya:
A Workshop
Villa Rosa Kempinski
Chiromo Road, Nairobi, Kenya
January 13–14, 2015
Background:
The global burden for mental, neurological, and substance use (MNS) disorders is significant, and the treatment gap is particularly high in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Less than 1 percent of national health budgets are spent on MNS disorders, which is disproportionately low compared to the burden of the disease. Competing public health priorities, financial constraints, and poverty are all factors that can negatively affect access to mental health care. Challenges associated with the delivery of care include inadequate health system infrastructure to support mental health care (e.g., beds and medicines), the lack of national policy frameworks for mental health, and deficient information health systems to monitor and evaluate services. The lack of community awareness and stigma around MNS disorders can also negatively affect demand for care and treatment. In addition, there is a need for increasing the number of trained health care providers to deliver evidence-based treatment in both the hospital and community settings. Recognizing the importance of sustainable mental health care, this workshop will bring together key stakeholders to examine country-specific opportunities to improve the health system infrastructure in Kenya in order to improve and develop sustaina-
ble access to mental health to ensure that the right patients get the right care and treatment at the right time, in the right setting.
Meeting Objectives:
Participants will be invited to focus discussions on the following four topic areas:
- The elements of a mental health care system
- Consider the components of a mental health care system that would be needed to provide access to mental health care (diagnosis, treatment, access to medicines, and continuing care) in both rural and urban environments.
- Explore how existing health care infrastructure and available resources can be leveraged to enable sustainable access to mental health care.
- Consider mechanisms for how mental health care could be integrated or coordinated with care for co- and multiple morbidities.
- Discuss opportunities to strengthen the health information system infrastructure to ensure adequate tracking of patient- and health facility–level data.
- Articulate the core elements of near- and long-term plans that would be necessary to develop sustainable mental health services, including what could be included in a demonstration project.
- Engagement of key stakeholders
- Consider the role of governments, nongovernmental organizations, the private sector, home health care, faith-based organizations, and traditional medicine in the establishment of an integrated mental health care model.
- Examine current policy, funding, and payment practices for each type of stakeholder, including identifying barriers to the development of a sustainable mental health care system.
- Consider how non-health sectors, such as telecommunications, energy, and others, could strengthen the health care infrastructure.
- Access to medicines
- Identify critical barriers to the delivery, selection, and prescription of medicines.
- Examine successful activities that could be implemented to increase access to medicines, including characteristics of
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medicines that may improve patient adherence (e.g., modes of delivery).
- Stigma
- Consider the impact of stigma on the seeking and provision of care and on mental health outcomes, and discuss how the mental health care system could be designed with concerns about stigma in mind.
- Examine components of previous or existing antistigma campaigns that could be applied in Kenya.
DAY ONE
8:30 a.m. | Welcome | |
HON. JAMES MACHARIA (INVITED) | ||
Cabinet Secretary | ||
Ministry of Health, Kenya | ||
8:35 a.m. | Opening Remarks: Workshop Objectives and Deliverables | |
VIKRAM PATEL, Workshop Co-Chair | ||
Professor of International Mental Health | ||
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine | ||
SOLOMON MPOKE, Workshop Co-Chair | ||
Director | ||
Kenya Medical Research Institute | ||
8:40 a.m. | Review of Related Institute of Medicine (IOM) Sub-Saharan Africa Workshops | |
ALAN LESHNER | ||
Chief Executive Officer Emeritus | ||
American Association for the Advancement of Science | ||
Former Executive Publisher, Science | ||
8:55 a.m. | Responding to the Burden of Mental Disorders: Overview of the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) Mental Health Action Plan |
JOYCE NATO | ||
Mental Health Advisor | ||
WHO Country Office, Kenya |
SESSION I: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES TO
PROVIDING SUSTAINABLE MENTAL HEALTH CARE IN
KENYA
Session Objectives: Explore feasible opportunities to improve mental health care for individuals in Kenya. Discuss special considerations for the provision of care to children. Identify barriers to diagnosis, treatment, and access to medicines for rural and urban environments. Consider the impact of stigma on the seeking and provision of care.
9:10 a.m. | Overview and Session Objectives | |
LUKOYE ATWOLI, Session Chair | ||
Dean, Moi University School of Medicine | ||
9:15 a.m. | Overall Health Care System in Kenya | |
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RICHARD OTIENO MUGA | ||
Deputy Vice Chancellor and Associate Professor | ||
Great Lakes University of Kisumu | ||
9:35 a.m. | Mental Health Care System in Kenya | |
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DAVID KIIMA | ||
Director of Mental Health | ||
Ministry of Medical Services, Kenya | ||
9:55 a.m. | National Epilepsy Treatment Guidelines | |
PAUL G. KIOY Chairman Kenya Society for Epilepsy National Epilepsy Coordination Committee | ||
10:15 a.m. | Panel Discussion with Session Speakers and Participants | |
11:00 a.m. | BREAK | |
11:15 a.m. | Diagnosis and Treatment | |
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Hospital-Based Services | ||
CATHERINE SYENGO MUTISYA | ||
Deputy Medical Superintendent | ||
Mathari Hospital |
Traditional and Faith-Based Services | ||
VICTORIA MUTISO | ||
Senior Researcher | ||
Africa Mental Health Foundation | ||
11:55 a.m. | Access to Essential Medicines | |
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JOHN M. MUNYU | ||
Chief Executive Officer | ||
Kenya Medical Supplies Authority | ||
12:15 p.m. | Panel Discussion with Session Speakers and Participants | |
LUKOYE ATWOLI, Session Chair | ||
Dean, Moi University School of Medicine | ||
1:00 p.m. | LUNCH |
SESSION II: OPPORTUNITIES TO STRENGTHEN AND
INTEGRATE THE MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM IN KENYA
Session Objectives: Consider lessons learned from successful programs that have increased mental health services and access to medicines. Identify critical components that might be incorporated into a small-scale demonstration project, including the role of health information systems.
2:00 p.m. | Overview and Session Objectives | |
FRANK NJENGA, Session Chair | ||
Founder and President | ||
Association of Psychiatrists and Allied Professionals |
2:05 p.m. | Case Studies in Kenya | |
Africa Mental Health Foundation | ||
DAVID NDETEI | ||
Founding Director | ||
Africa Mental Health Foundation | ||
Kenya Association for the Welfare of People with Epilepsy | ||
OSMAN MIYANJI | ||
Founding Director and Chair | ||
Kenya Association for the Welfare of People with Epilepsy | ||
BasicNeeds | ||
JOYCE KINGORI | ||
Kenya Country Program Manager BasicNeeds | ||
3:05 p.m. | Lessons Learned: Panel Discussion with Speakers and Participants | |
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FRANK NJENGA, Session Chair | ||
Founder President | ||
Association of Psychiatrists and Allied Professionals | ||
3:45 p.m. | BREAK | |
4:00 p.m. | Case Studies: International Efforts | |
Ethiopia — PRIME | ||
TEDLA WOLDE-GIORGIS | ||
Advisor, Officer of the Minister | ||
Ministry of Health, Ethiopia |
World Association of Social Psychiatry/Sanofi Approach — Guatemala, Comoros, and Morocco | ||
FRANҪOIS BOMPART | ||
Vice President, Deputy Head, and Medical Director | ||
Access to Medicines | ||
Sanofi | ||
China — 686 Project | ||
MA HONG | ||
Professor of Institute of Mental Health, Peking University | ||
Executive Director, National Center for Mental Health, China-Center for Disease Control and Prevention | ||
Deputy Director, Office of National Mental Health Programs | ||
Ministry of Health, China | ||
Turkey — New Mental Health Plan | ||
OĞUZ KARAMUSTAFALIOĞLU | ||
Professor of Psychiatry | ||
Üsküdar University | ||
5:00 p.m. | Lessons Learned: Panel Discussion with Speakers and Participants | |
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5:30 p.m. | WRAP-UP AND ADJOURN |
DAY TWO
8:00 a.m. | Day Two Welcome | |
VIKRAM PATEL, Workshop Co-Chair | ||
Professor of International Mental Health | ||
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine | ||
SOLOMON MPOKE, Workshop Co-Chair | ||
Director | ||
Kenya Medical Research Institute | ||
8:05 a.m. | Day One Overview: Defining the Challenges, Identifying the Opportunities | |
LUKOYE ATWOLI, Session I Chair | ||
Dean, Moi University School of Medicine | ||
FRANK NJENGA, Session II Chair | ||
Founder President | ||
Association of Psychiatrists and Allied | ||
Professionals |
SESSION III: A ROADMAP FORWARD: COMPONENTS OF A
DEMONSTRATION PROJECT
Session/Breakout Objectives: Identify a roadmap forward to implement a demonstration project to improve and develop sustainable access to mental health care in Kenya. Consider resources (financial, material, etc.) and key stakeholders needed to establish an integrated care model.
8:15 a.m. | Elements of a Demonstration Project | |
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ANA-CLAIRE MEYER | ||
Assistant Professor of Neurology | ||
Yale School of Medicine |
DAVID NDETEI | ||
Founding Director | ||
African Mental Health Foundation | ||
8:50 a.m. | Mental Health Information Systems | |
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PETER WAIGANJO WAGACHA | ||
Associate Professor, School of Computing and Informatics | ||
University of Nairobi | ||
9:10 a.m. | Discussion | |
9:40 a.m. | BREAK | |
9:50 a.m. | Breakout | Objectives and Goals |
VIKRAM PATEL, Workshop Co-Chair | ||
Professor of International Mental Health | ||
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine | ||
10:00 a.m. | BREAKOUT SESSIONS | |
Breakout Objective: Conduct an in-depth analysis of the following four topic areas in relation to the implementation of a small-scale demonstration project in Kenya: (1) diagnosis and treatment; (2) access to medicines; (3) stigma; and (4) mental health information systems. Specifically, each breakout group will discuss opportunities to improve current practices while considering lessons learned from the previously discussed case studies. In addition, participants will consider how current infrastructure could be leveraged to improve sustainable mental health care. Lastly, each breakout will outline the resources, key stakeholders, and metrics of success needed for each area. |
MENTAL HEALTH CARE INFRASTRUCTURE: DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT | ||
FACILITATORS | ||
BEVERLY PRINGLE, U.S. National Institute of Mental Health | ||
SYLVIA KAAYA, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences–Tanzania | ||
SPEAKER | ||
CHRIS NATT | ||
HELIX Centre | ||
Royal College of Art | ||
Imperial College London | ||
IMPROVING ACCESS TO MEDICINES | ||
FACILITATORS | ||
FIONA DUNBAR, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | ||
IMRAN MANJI, U.S. Agency for International Development-Academic | ||
Model for Providing Access to Healthcare | ||
SPEAKER | ||
FRED SIYOI | ||
Deputy Registrar | ||
Pharmacy and Poisons Board, Kenya | ||
REDUCING STIGMA | ||
FACILITATORS | ||
ALAN LESHNER, American Association for the Advancement of Science | ||
GRAHAM THORNICROFT, Kings College, London |
SPEAKER | ||
IVAYLO VLAEV | ||
Professor of Behavioural Science | ||
Warwick Business School | ||
University of Warwick | ||
DEVELOPING MENTAL HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS | ||
FACILITATORS | ||
FRANҪOIS BOMPART, Sanofi | ||
JOYCE NATO, World Health Organization | ||
SPEAKER | ||
AHMED HESHMAT | ||
Mental Health Advisor | ||
Technical Cooperation Programme | ||
Ministry of Public Health–Afghanistan | ||
12:00 p.m. | LUNCH | |
1:00 p.m. | Report Out from the Breakout Session | |
BEVERLY PRINGLE | ||
Chief, Global Mental Health Research Program | ||
Office for Research on Disparities and Global Mental Health | ||
U.S. National Institute of Mental Health | ||
FIONA DUNBAR | ||
Vice President, Global Medical Affairs | ||
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | ||
ALAN LESHNER | ||
Chief Executive Officer Emeritus | ||
American Association for the Advancement of Science | ||
Former Executive Publisher, Science |
FRANҪOIS BOMPART | ||
Vice President, Deputy Head, and Medical | ||
Director | ||
Access to Medicines | ||
Sanofi | ||
2:00 p.m. | Discussion with Participants | |
2:30 p.m. | BREAK |
SESSION IV: NEXT STEPS: IMPLEMENTING THE
ROADMAP FORWARD
Session Objective: Identify tangible next steps for launching a demonstration project in Kenya.
2:45 p.m. | Overview | |
VIKRAM PATEL, Workshop Co-Chair | ||
Professor of International Mental Health | ||
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine | ||
SOLOMON MPOKE, Workshop Co-Chair | ||
Director | ||
Kenya Medical Research Institute | ||
3:00 p.m. | Discussion with Workshop Session Chairs, Facilitators, and Participants | |
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3:45 p.m. | Closing Remarks | |
4:00 p.m. | ADJOURN |
Providing Sustainable Mental Health Care in Ghana:
A Workshop
La-Palm Royal Beach Hotel
No. 1 Bypass, Accra, Ghana
April 28–29, 2015
Background:
The global burden for MNS is significant, and the treatment gap is particularly high in SSA. Less than 1 percent of national health budgets are spent on MNS disorders, which is disproportionately low compared to the burden of the disease. Competing public health priorities, financial constraints, and poverty are all factors that can negatively affect access to mental health care. Challenges associated with the delivery of care include inadequate health system infrastructure to support mental health care (e.g., beds and medicines), the lack of national policy frameworks for mental health, and deficient information health systems to monitor and evaluate services. The lack of community awareness and stigma around MNS disorders can also negatively affect demand for care and treatment. In addition, there is a need for increasing the number of trained health care providers to deliver evidence-based treatment in both the hospital and community settings. Recognizing the importance of sustainable mental health care, this workshop will bring together key stakeholders to examine country-specific opportunities to improve the health system infrastructure in Ghana in order to improve and develop sustainable access to mental health to ensure that the right patients get the right care and treatment at the right time, in the right setting.
Meeting Objectives:
Participants will be invited to focus discussions on the following four topic areas:
- The elements of a mental health care system
- Consider the components of a mental health care system that would be needed to provide access to mental health care (diagnosis, treatment, access to medicines, and continuing care) in both rural and urban environments.
- Explore how existing health care infrastructure and available resources can be leveraged to enable sustainable access to mental health care.
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- Consider mechanisms for how mental health care could be integrated or coordinated with care for co- and multiple morbidities.
- Discuss opportunities to strengthen the health information system infrastructure to ensure adequate tracking of patient- and health facility–level data.
- Articulate the core elements of near- and long-term plans that would be necessary to develop sustainable mental health services, including what could be included in a demonstration project.
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- Engagement of key stakeholders
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- Consider the role of governments, nongovernmental organizations, the private sector, home health care, faith-based organizations, and traditional medicine in the establishment of an integrated mental health care model.
- Examine current policy, funding, and payment practices for each type of stakeholder, including identifying barriers to the development of a sustainable mental health care system.
- Consider how non-health sectors, such as telecommunications, energy, and others, could serve to strengthen the health care infrastructure.
- Access to medicines
- Identify critical barriers to the delivery, selection, and prescription of medicines.
- Examine successful activities that could be implemented to increase access to medicines, including characteristics of medicines that may improve patient adherence (e.g., modes of delivery).
- Stigma
- Consider the impact of stigma on the seeking and provision of care on mental health outcomes and discuss how the mental health care system could be designed with concerns about stigma in mind.
- Examine components of previous or existing antistigma campaigns that could be applied in Ghana.
DAY ONE
8:00 a.m. | Welcome: Workshop Objectives and Deliverables | |
AKWASI OSEI, Workshop Co-Chair | ||
Acting Chief Executive Officer | ||
Ghana Mental Health Authority | ||
8:05 a.m. | Opening Remarks | |
EBENEZER APPIAH-DENKYIRA | ||
Director General | ||
Ghana Health Service | ||
8:10 a.m. | Review of Related IOM Sub-Saharan Africa Workshops | |
ALAN LESHNER, Workshop Co-Chair | ||
Chief Executive Officer Emeritus | ||
American Association for the Advancement of Science | ||
Former Executive Publisher, Science |
SESSION I: OVERVIEW OF THE CURRENT MENTAL
HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE IN GHANA
Session Objectives: Examine current policies and legislation designed to improve mental health care in Ghana. Explore feasible opportunities to improve mental health care for individuals in Ghana. Discuss special considerations for the provision of care to children. Identify barriers to diagnosis, treatment, and access to medicines for rural and urban environments. Consider the impact of stigma on the seeking and provision of care.
8:25 a.m. | Overview and Session Objectives | |
SAMMY OHENE, Session Chair | ||
Senior Lecturer | ||
Head, Department of Psychiatry | ||
University of Ghana Medical School |
8:30 a.m. | Mental Health Care System in Ghana | |
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J. B. ASARE | ||
Chairman | ||
Mental Health Authority Board | ||
8:50 a.m. | Panel Discussion: The Need for Sustainable Mental Health Care in Ghana | |
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FRANCIS ACQUAH | ||
President of the Board of Directors | ||
Mental Health Foundation of Ghana | ||
AKOSUA BONSU | ||
Community Psychiatric Nurse | ||
Koforidua Regional Hospital | ||
HUMPHREY KOFIE | ||
Director | ||
Mental Health Society of Ghana | ||
LINDA VANOTOO | ||
Regional Director of Health Service | ||
Greater Accra Region | ||
KOKU AWONOOR WILLIAMS | ||
Regional Director of Health Service | ||
Upper East Region | ||
9:45 a.m. | Discussion with Panelists and Workshop Participants | |
10:15 a.m. | BREAK |
SESSION II: LESSONS LEARNED: OPPORTUNITIES TO
STRENGTHEN AND INTEGRATE THE MENTAL HEALTH
SYSTEM IN GHANA
Session Objectives: Consider lessons learned from successful programs that have increased mental health services and access to medicines. Identify critical components that might be incorporated into a small-scale demonstration project, including the role of health information systems.
10:30 a.m. | Overview and Session Objectives | |
CAROL BERNSTEIN, Session Chair | ||
Associate Professor of Psychiatry | ||
Vice Chair for Education and Director of Residency Programs | ||
New York University School of Medicine |
10:35 a.m. | Case Studies in Ghana | |
Direct Relief — Ghanaian Mental Health Pilot Program | ||
ANDREW SCHROEDER | ||
Director of Research and Analytics | ||
Direct Relief | ||
Sanofi/World Health Organization — Fight Against Epilepsy | ||
CYNTHIA SOTTIE | ||
National Coordinator | ||
Ghana Health Service | ||
The Kintampo Project | ||
E. T. ADJASE | ||
Project Lead, Ghana | ||
The Kintampo Project | ||
BasicNeeds | ||
PETER YARO | ||
Executive Director | ||
BasicNeeds Ghana | ||
Institute for Healthcare Improvement — Project Fives Alive! | ||
SODZI SODZI-TETTEY | ||
Director, Project Fives Alive! | ||
Institute for Healthcare Improvement | ||
11:50 a.m. | Lessons Learned: Panel Discussion with Speakers and Workshop Participants | |
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CAROL BERNSTEIN, Session Chair | ||
Associate Professor of Psychiatry | ||
Vice Chair for Education and Director of Residency Programs | ||
New York University School of Medicine | ||
12:30 p.m. | LUNCH | |
1:15 p.m. | Case Studies: International Efforts | |
Rwanda — Partners In Health | ||
STEPHANIE SMITH | ||
Abundance Fellow in Global Mental Health | ||
Department of Global Health & Social | ||
Medicine | ||
Harvard Medical School | ||
Nigeria — EMERALD Project | ||
JIBRIL ABDULMALIK | ||
Lecturer | ||
Department of Psychiatry | ||
University of Ibadan | ||
World Association of Social Psychiatry/Sanofi | ||
Approach — Guatemala, Comoros, and Morocco | ||
FRANҪOIS BOMPART | ||
Vice President, Deputy Head, and Medical Director | ||
Access to Medicines | ||
Sanofi |
China — 686 Project | ||
HONG MA | ||
Professor of Institute of Mental Health, Peking University | ||
Executive Director, National Center for Mental Health, China-Centers for Disease | ||
Control and Prevention | ||
Deputy Director, Office of National Mental Health Programs | ||
Ministry of Health, China | ||
2:15 p.m. | Lessons Learned: Panel Discussion with Speakers and Workshop Participants | |
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CAROL BERNSTEIN, Session Chair | ||
Associate Professor of Psychiatry | ||
Vice Chair for Education and Director of Residency Programs | ||
New York University School of Medicine |
SESSION III: IDENTIFYING THE CHALLENGES IN THE
MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM IN GHANA
Session Objective: Identify the current challenges in the mental health care system in regard to diagnosis and treatment, access to medicines, stigma, and health information systems.
3:00 p.m. | Breakout I Objectives and Goals | |
ALAN LESHNER, Workshop Co-Chair | ||
Chief Executive Officer Emeritus | ||
American Association for the Advancement of Science | ||
Former Executive Publisher, Science |
3:10 p.m. | BREAK | |
3:25 p.m. | BREAKOUT SESSIONS | |
Breakout I Objective: Brainstorm the key priority areas/challenges for the following four topic areas: (1) diagnosis and treatment; (2) access to medicines; (3) stigma; and (4) mental health information systems. | ||
MENTAL HEALTH CARE INFRASTRUCTURE: DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT | ||
FACILITATOR: JULIAN EATON, CBM | ||
RAPPORTEUR: KWADWO OBENG, Accra Psychiatric Hospital | ||
SPEAKER: ALBERT AKPALU, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital | ||
IMPROVING ACCESS TO MEDICINES | ||
FACILITATOR: FIONA DUNBAR, Janssen | ||
Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | ||
RAPPORTEUR: SALLY ANN OHENE, World | ||
Health Organization, Ghana Country Office | ||
SPEAKER: MARTHA GYANSA-LUTTERODT, | ||
Ministry of Health, Ghana | ||
REDUCING STIGMA | ||
FACILITATOR: BEVERLY PRINGLE, U.S. National Institute of Mental Health | ||
RAPPORTEUR: SHANTHA RAU BARRIGA, Human Rights Watch | ||
SPEAKER: GRÉGOIRE AHONGBONON, Saint Camille de Lellis Association | ||
DEVELOPING MENTAL HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS | ||
FACILITATOR: ANGELA OFORI-ATTA, University of Ghana Medical School | ||
RAPPORTEUR: BENEDICT WEOBONG, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine | ||
SPEAKER: LILY KPOBI, University of Ghana |
5:00 p.m. | Report Out from Each Breakout Group | |
5:30 p.m. | Discussion with Facilitators and Workshop Participants | |
6:00 p.m. | WRAP-UP AND ADJOURN |
DAY TWO
8:30 a.m. | Day Two Welcome | |
ALAN LESHNER, Workshop Co-Chair | ||
Chief Executive Officer Emeritus | ||
American Association for the Advancement of Science | ||
Former Executive Publisher, Science | ||
AKWASI OSEI, Workshop Co-Chair | ||
Acting Chief Executive Officer | ||
Ghana Mental Health Authority | ||
8:40 a.m. | Day One Overview: Defining the Challenges, Identifying the Opportunities | |
SAMMY OHENE, Session I Chair | ||
Senior Lecturer | ||
Head, Department of Psychiatry | ||
University of Ghana Medical School | ||
CAROL BERNSTEIN, Session II Chair | ||
Associate Professor of Psychiatry | ||
Vice Chair for Education and Director of Residency Programs | ||
New York University School of Medicine |
SESSION IV: A ROADMAP FORWARD: COMPONENTS OF A
DEMONSTRATION PROJECT
Session/Breakout Objectives: Identify a roadmap forward to implement a demonstration project to improve and develop sustainable access to men-
tal health care in Ghana. Consider resources (financial, material, etc.) and key stakeholders needed to establish an integrated care model.
9:00 a.m. | Elements of a Demonstration Project | |
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JULIAN EATON | ||
Mental Health Advisor | ||
CBM International | ||
SAMMY OHENE | ||
Senior Lecturer | ||
Head, Department of Psychiatry | ||
University of Ghana Medical School | ||
9:30 a.m. | Panel Discussion with Speakers and Workshop Participants | |
10:00 a.m. | Breakout II and III Objectives and Goals | |
ALAN LESHNER, Workshop Co-Chair | ||
Chief Executive Officer Emeritus | ||
American Association for the Advancement of Science | ||
Former Executive Publisher, Science | ||
10:15 a.m. | BREAK | |
10:30 a.m. | BREAKOUT SESSIONS | |
10:30–11:45 a | .m. | Breakout II Objective: Each breakout group will discuss opportunities to improve current practices while considering lessons learned from the previously discussed case studies. Opportunities noted should be actionable in relation to the implementation of a small-scale demonstration project. Participants will consider how current infrastructure could be leveraged to improve sustainable mental health care. |
11:45 a.m.–1:30 p.m. | Breakout III Objective: Each breakout will outline the resources, metrics of success, and key stakeholders (including the lead implementers) needed for each opportunity. | |
MENTAL HEALTH CARE INFRASTRUCTURE: DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT | ||
FACILITATOR: JULIAN EATON, CBM | ||
RAPPORTEUR: KWADWO OBENG, Accra Psychiatric Hospital | ||
IMPROVING ACCESS TO MEDICINES | ||
FACILITATOR: FIONA DUNBAR, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | ||
RAPPORTEUR: SALLY ANN OHENE, World Health Organization, Ghana Country Office | ||
REDUCING STIGMA | ||
FACILITATOR: BEVERLY PRINGLE, U.S. National Institute of Mental Health | ||
RAPPORTEUR: SHANTHA RAU BARRIGA, Human Rights Watch | ||
DEVELOPING MENTAL HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS | ||
FACILITATOR: ANGELA OFORI-ATTA, University of Ghana Medical School | ||
RAPPORTEUR: BENEDICT WEOBONG, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine | ||
1:30 p.m. | LUNCH | |
2:30 p.m. | Report Out from Each Breakout Group | |
3:30 p.m. | Discussion with Facilitators and Participants | |
AKWASI OSEI, Workshop Co-Chair | ||
Acting Chief Executive Officer | ||
Ghana Mental Health Authority |
4:15 p.m. | Closing Remarks | |
ALAN LESHNER, Workshop Co-Chair | ||
Chief Executive Officer Emeritus | ||
American Association for the Advancement of Science | ||
Former Executive Publisher, Science | ||
AKWASI OSEI, Workshop Co-Chair | ||
Acting Chief Executive Officer | ||
Ghana Mental Health Authority | ||
4:30 p.m. | WRAP-UP AND ADJOURN |