The director of Mengo hospital, Dr. Rose Mutumba has challenged corporate companies to consider offering mental health services to their staff. Dr. Mutumba says the Covid-19 pandemic left many people stressed, affecting their mental well-being with others having mental breakdowns. She warns that if such employees are not supported through […]
Educationists have explained that lack of an existing policy on parenting and national curriculum assessment and placement is to blame for the stressful conditions being faced by learners. This comes after mental health experts warned that boarding schools are exposing children to mental illnesses. The experts have argued that waking […]
The Directorate of Police Health Services (PHS) has rolled out a month-long refresher course for the force’s commanders on mental health amid increasing cases of suicides and homicides committed by police officers. This comes as Uganda commemorates the World Mental Health Day, today Monday, October 10. Dr. Moses Byaruhanga, the […]
The World Health Organisation Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has called for global focus on the detrimental effect work can have on people’s mental health. This is after two UN agencies; the WHO and the International Labour Organization (ILO) launched two publications that aim to prevent negative work situations and cultures […]
The Executive Director of Butabika National Referral Hospital, Dr. Juliet Nakku has called for the streamlining of the health care system to include perinatal mental care services at all health facilities to attend to victims of such mental disorders. The first year post-delivery time, six to eight weeks after delivery […]
