As part of the QualityRights initiative, the World Health Organization (WHO) has developed a new comprehensive training, guidance and assessment package materials. The materials together with slider sets, was launched on Wednesday 27th November 2019 by the World Health Organization via it's website. The launch event officially birthed the QualityRights ...
A team of technical experts who are supporting the implementation of the QualityRights Ghana project, have arrived in Kenya to assist the country in its effort to improve mental health services through the QualityRights in Mental Health initiative. The meeting which is led by the Ministry of Health in collaboration ...
Persons living with some form of mental health conditions are no less humans and equally deserve every fair treatment anyone is entitled to. In Ghana one document that directly explains all the rights therein should one experience any form of mental illness is the mental health act 846. The Mental ...
Mental health issues are often a controversial issue in most Ghanaian societies. Those with mental conditions hardly speak out, and families taking care of those people often suffer discrimination. But in Ghana, one man who once suffered from bipolar disorder encourages people to speak about the disease. Bright Tavi is ...
The Mental Health Authority, a leading partner of the QualityRights in Mental Health Ghana initiative has once again called for laws that decriminalize suicide in Ghana. This follows the detention of the thirty-five-year-old man who attempted suicide at parliament last Thursday. According to the Chief Executive of the authority, Dr. ...
The World Health Organization is offering a free international course in mental health to some 50,000 Ghanaians who are interested in ending discrimination, abuse in mental health and its related services. Some nurses display their certificate after having completed their QualityRights e-training The course, known as ...
QualityRights Ghana initiative has presented turbo-net internet routers and laptops to its national partners and stakeholders. This gesture is in the bid to ensure successful nationwide activation of the QualityRights e-training. Presenting the items during a short ceremony at the conference room of the Mental Health Authority in Accra, Dr ...
The regional training focuses on some selected mental health workers practicing in the regions as well as persons with lived experiences. The southern zone brings together mental health workers, persons with lived experience,trainers and facilitators from the Western, Eastern,Greater Accra, Central, and the Volta regions of Ghana. This training is ...
The QualityRights Regional face to face training-of-trainers for the northern zone took of today in Tamale. The regional training focuses on mental health workers practicing in the regions as well as persons with lived experiences. The northern zone brings together 26 mental health personnel selected from from districts in all ...
Human rights violations, quality of care and support for people with mental, psychosocial and intellectual disabilities, have in recent times been issues of major concern among stakeholders in health, including the World Health Organization (WHO). This has pecked-up nations around the world to inject some positive drive into dealing with ...
