Researcher at LSHTM's Centre for Global Mental Health. Currently working on @SUCCEEDAfrika, formerly @UpsidesProject @MHInnovation @Ember_mh. Tweets my own.
London, Nigeria, Uganda
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People with disabilities face a higher risk of poverty, yet evidence on inclusive livelihood interventions is limited.
Join our webinar to explore findings from STAR+, which aims to improve livelihoods & wellbeing for youth with disabilities in Bangladesh
lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/event…
ALT PENDA STAR+: Evidence from a disability inclusive livelihoods programme in Bangladesh Tuesday 25 November at 12:00 GMT Online
If you're attending the Global Mental Health Summit, don't miss Monday's (1pm) psychosis research symposium. Fantastic experts by experience & experts by profession will be sharing insights from recent research in Africa. Can't wait!
@SUCCEEDAfrika @EleniMisganaw @actionamo
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Access the MSP website -> mhpssmsp.org/en to support:
- Identify & address gaps in #MHPSS response
- Advocate & communicate MHPSS needs & gaps
- Decide which programme activities to prioritize
- Obtain guidance on what actions to take when implementing each activity
This is something we talk about in monitoring and evaluation-- a LOT. Well-meaning attempts to gather more data, ostensibly to improve care, can actually undermine it.
In the context of #mentalhealth, with huge human resource shortages, time lost = lost patients. @MINDME_Africa
"Every hour lost to poorly designed administrative activity is an hour not spent examining, teaching, or treating."
Administrative overload harms patient care and wastes clinical time, @SammyArab @KaranChhatwal_ @HamaadAKhan
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From Zimbabwe to New York City, Expanding Quality Mental Health Access – the @friendshipbench with Dr. @DixonChibanda therapistuncensored.com/epis…
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We're thrilled to introduce the #EmberCohort 2025-26!
After receiving 1,800+ applications from 93 countries, Ember has selected 15 remarkable community-based #mentalhealth initiatives representing 12 countries from Palestine to Mexico, and India to Madagascar.
Results of the @UpsidesProject multi-site trial now published in @TheBJPsych ! Evidence from high-, middle- & low-income countries that #peersupport can significantly improve empowerment, hope, social acceptance & isolation for people w/ severe #mentalhealth conditions
Link 👇
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Pretty excited about our new publication about shared learnings about working with peer researchers in LMICs. A connected chapter on our learnings specifically related to our #participatory #visual research is also on its way!
journals.plos.org/mentalheal…
@MiddlesexUni
@ahrcpress
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Delighted to welcome Devora Kestel, Director of Mental Health @WHO to this event
📢 Launching Transitions, a @wellcometrust funded project on psychiatric reform in South America.
🗓 27 June | 4:30PM | King’s College London
🔗 kcl.ac.uk/events/project-lau…
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Great work to strengthen mental health in Dominica. Ministry of health and @WHO driving change with the support and expertise of @netshrink
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Mental health has been ignored in policy for too long. At the Paris @WHO_Europe #MentalHealthInAllPolicies conference, I shared why every sector must act—& how @WHO policy guidance (launching soon) can help turn awareness into action. #QualityRights
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Longitudinal data has the potential to transform early intervention in mental health.
That’s why we’re funding researchers to use it to find early signs of mental health problems.
We're looking for diverse, interdisciplinary teams.
Apply by 22 July ⤵️
wellcome.org/grant-funding/s…
ALT Margaret Odhiambo, Lived Experience Adviser at Wellcome, says: "We need a long-term view to be able to navigate the gaps and nuances in mental health research. Longitudinal datasets and lived experience expertise can help us achieve this."
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Only one week till TRANSITIONS launches!
- Presentation by Devora Kestel – Director of Mental Health @WHO
- The ethics and politics of psychiatric reform, with a special focus on Latin America and the lessons it offers for global mental health.
- @wellcometrust funded
Join us for the Transitions Project Launch - 25 June | 16:30 | Stand Campus, @KingsCollegeLon
Researchers, policy experts & advocates will discuss the historical development and contemporary debates about psych deinstitutionalisation in Latin America.
kcl.ac.uk/events/project-lau…
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We’re launching a major new prize in mental health — and we’re looking for a supplier to help us run it.
Interested suppliers must be able to run a global prize that is inclusive, impactful, academically rigorous and technically robust.
Learn more ⤵️
wellcome.org/about-us/work-w…
ALT Miranda Wolpert, Director of Mental Health at Wellcome, says: "Work with us on this major prize to celebrate breakthroughs and inspire action towards a world where no one is held back by mental health problems."
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Fully funded PhD opportunity through @ucl and @AHRI_News !
Join my team with:
- Full tuition fees for a three-year PhD at UCL
- Reasonable living costs in London (up to one year)
- Airfares between SA and the UK
- Living costs in SA
Apply here: ahri.org/2024-2025-ahri-ucl-…
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"Member Checking & the Importance of Context" - Expecting participants to think & respond as they did when they shared their lived experiences w/ the researcher is unreasonable. In-the-moment, question-answer member checking is a better quality option. bit.ly/3o5Fe4c
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Job Insecurity Resource—The NIOSH-funded POE Center I work with put together a site to help people navigate job insecurity from a well-being perspective. I hope this is helpful, whether you've lost your job or are addressing the challenges of staying.
publichealth.jhu.edu/johns-h…
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Join the webinar on the #MHPSS MSP Monitoring & Evaluation Indicator Bank.
You can follow the webinar live ->
youtube.com/watch?v=Hnk9N55B…
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"The “we know best” mentality of many mental health services invalidates and demotes living experience."
In the first blog of 'The Limitations of Lived Experience' series, NSUN CEO, Mandy Crandale looks toward genuine co-production in mental health.
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