Kigali Convention Center - KG 2 Roundabout, Kigali, Rwanda
Manasi Kumar
Affiliate Associate Professor Department of Psychiatry University of Nairobi Kenya
Department of Psychiatry University of Nairobi Kenya
Manasi Kumar has wide experience mentoring lay, non-specialist and specialist health workers in WHO’s mhGAP & low intensity MH evidence-based interventions in SSA. She has focused on strengthening teaching of mental & behavioral sciences in undergrad & postgrad medical education programs in various in Sub-Saharan Africa & South Asia. Her work includes disparities in health systems in LMICs, mental health systems strengthening and maternal, child and adolescent MH research. She is an affiliate associate professor at Department of Global Health in University of Washington Seattle, US and UCL, London. She is supported by FIC/NIH, UNICEF and UK’s NIHR funding.
Event Schedule
DAY 1
18 July 2023| Start Time | End Time | Session | Description | Action |
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| 04:30 pm EEST | 06:00 pm EEST |
Young Mothers’ Mental Health: understanding and addressing their needs
Concurrent Room MH 1-2 |
This session will focus on the mental health needs of girls and women pre- and post-partum. Reinforcing the importance of amplifying and learning from people with lived Read More SpeakersManasi KumarAffiliate Associate Professor Department of Psychiatry University of Nairobi Kenya Department of Psychiatry University of Nairobi Kenya |
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Speakers
Rafiat Akinokun
Youth Advorate and cub's health nurse
Melania Chiponda
Gender and Climate Advisor The African Women's Development and Communication Network (FEMNET)
