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How frontline workers in KZN are helping fight the mental health crisis

Posted in: Access to Medicines, Focus, InFocus, KwaZulu-Natal, Latest, Mental Health, Provinces

South Africa does not have enough psychologists and psychiatrists to meet the mental health needs of everyone in the country. One solution is to train community healthcare workers to provide some basic mental health support. Sue Segar explores how one such a task-sharing project is being scaled up in KwaZulu-Natal.

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How frontline workers in KZN are helping fight the mental health crisis

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