Strengthening mental health system governance in six low- and middle-income countries in Africa and South Asia: Challenges, needs and potential strategies

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 699-709

  Petersen, Inge ^a   Marais, Debbie ^b   Abdulmalik, Jibril ^c   Ahuja, Shalini ^d   Alem, Atalay ^e   Chisholm, Dan ^f   Egbe, Catherine ^a   Gureje, Oye ^c   Hanlon, Charlotte ^e,g   Lund, Crick ^g,h   Shidhaye, Rahul ^d   Jordans, Mark ^g,i   Kigozi, Fred ^j   Mugisha, James ^j   Upadhaya, Nawaraj ^k   Thornicroft, Graham ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^e ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^g KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

ⁱ Department of Research and Development   (Netherlands)

^j Mental Hospital   (Uganda)

^k Transcultural Psychosocial Organization (TPO)   (Nepal)

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Author keywords

Africa; Asia; Governance; Mental health

Indexed keywords

DNA TRANSCRIPTION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERSECTORAL COLLABORATION; INTERVIEW; LITERACY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGER; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; NEPAL; NIGERIA; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOUTH AFRICA; STIGMA; UGANDA; VISION; AFRICA; ASIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; ASIA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 85019706455     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czx014     Document Type: Article

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