Pilot programme improving access to mental health services for kids in Khayelitsha

Posted in: Child health, Healthcare system, Latest, Mental Health, Provinces

Earlier this year, the annual Child Gauge indicated that child and adolescent mental health services in South Africa are in crisis – mostly due to inadequate resources. How to best provide such services within the constraints of our public healthcare system is an open question. Tiyese Jeranji visited the Michael Mapongwane Community Health Centre in Khayelitsha where a pilot project aimed at improving kids’ access to mental health services is showing encouraging results.

Pilot programme improving access to mental health services for kids in Khayelitsha

In-depth: Is government ready to invest in mental health?

Posted in: Healthcare system, Latest, Mental Health, NHI, Provinces

Mental health does not have its own ring-fenced budget and given huge inefficiencies in our mental health spending, we need to be strategic on where and how we spend the little we have. Alicestine October unpacks what a new government-commissioned mental health investment case framework can mean for access to equitable and quality mental health services in the country.