🔻 MENTAL HEALTH IN NIGERIA: MHEI Hosts Press Conference and Round Table Discussion with CSOs in Nigeria
The issues of mental disorders and mental illnesses have become topic of great concerns today. According to the Federal Government of Nigeria, 20% to 30 % of Nigeria’s estimated 200 million population suffers from mental disorders, this means that 3 in 10 Nigerians suffer from one form of mental disorders or the other. While many […]
MHEI to host Mental Health CSOs/NGOs in a Round Table Discussion on the Mental Health and Substance Abuse Bill
#Mentahealthmatters In our bid to further strengthen mental health activities and services in Nigeria, ,tomorrow, December 10, 2019 we will be hosting a round-table discussion for Civil Society Organizations and Non-Governmental Organizations working on Mental Health issues in Nigeria to discuss about the proposed “Mental Health and Substance Abuse Bill”. Time for practical ACTIONS!!
HAPPY INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEERS DAY
Happy #InternationalVolunteerDay We truly appreciate our volunteers and #mentalhealth advocates for your relentless efforts towards building a sustainable mentally healthy society for all. #Mentalhealthforall THANK YOU
DPTC Sensitization Training for Media Personnel in Abuja
We kicked off the first phase of the DPTC sensitization training for Media organizations in Abuja on Drug use, Dependency, Prevention, Treatment and Care (DPTC). The 2-days (October 17th and 18th, 2019) sensitization training attended by 20 media practitioners is a United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) project funded by the European Union to […]
MHEI ORGANIZED THE BIGGEST COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH OUTREACH IN ABUJA, NIGERIA
The Mandate Health Empowerment Initiative (MHEI) today organized the biggest Community Mental Health Outreach in Abuja, Nigeria to commemorate the 2019 World Mental Health Day (with the theme “Suicide Prevention”) usually marked worldwide on October 10 , in partnership with sister organizations such as Secure D Future (SDF), Association of Psychiatrists in Nigeria (APN), Mentally […]
Federal Ministry of Health Partners MHEI on Mental and Maternal Health
The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Health, Mr. Abdulaziz Mashi Abdullahi, has expressed the readiness of the Ministry to partner with the Mandate Health Empowerment Initiative (MHEI) in curbing the menace of mental disorder arising from drug abuse in Nigeria. The Permanent Secretary made this known during our courtesy visit to his office to establish a […]