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According to the World Health Organization (WHO), one in four Nigerians – about 50 million people – are suffering from some sort of mental illness. In fact, about 7 million Nigerians are diagnosed with depression annually which makes Nigeria Africa’s most depressed country already. Also, National Depression Report revealed that 31.6 percent of the population reported symptoms of depression in 2018. The World Health Organization, WHO also discovered that an estimated 800,000 people die by suicide annually, and Nigeria being the 7th largest nation in the world now ranks 15th in the world in the frequency of suicide.
Despite having a population of over 180 million, there are fewer than 200 psychiatrists in Nigeria — or just one for every 1 million people, (BioMed Central, 2016). The saddest fact; According to Dr. Auwal Sani Salihu (2019), 6 out of 10 Nigerian women are suffering from mental challenges. This indicates that 59.5 million out of 99.1 million women in Nigeria are suffering from one mental health challenge or the other
THERE IS NO HEALTH WITHOUT MENTAL HEALTH. For policies to be effective and the numerous efforts of the government to yield the expected results, the people need a complete mind shift.
Some of the challenges being faced by Nigerians are the obvious demonstration of the state of mental health of the citizens;
This program aims at propagating the psychological and emotional wellness of Nigerians especially women and youths. It will be launched into the societies with the following in focus:
We intend to partner with state governments to make this project a reality, the idea is to train professional mental health counselors who will mount a mental health desk in every primary and secondary school as well as community health centers in the country.
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