RISING ABOVE STIGMA - 2023. MENTAL HEALTH SUMMIT KENYA 2023.

Basic Needs Basic Rights Kenya and the Ministry of Health welcome you to join us in Nairobi, Kenya for an International Youth Mental Health Learning Summit titled Rising Above Stigma taking place from 9th October – 10th October 2023 there are options for both in person and hybrid attendance. (More instructions for how to sign up in person can be found on http://mentalheathsummitke.basic needskenya.org/.)

Basic Needs Basic Rights Kenya will share lessons learnt from their youth anti stigma initiative titled Speak Up an initiative funded by Comic Relief and FCDO Mental health stigma is a major barrier to human rights and recovery across Kenya, Africa and globally. Deep rooted stigma harms young people living with mental health problems, their families and communities as well as wider society and economy: Stigma prevents people studying, working, volunteering, caring and contributing to our societies. The summit aims to create an avenue to look into the progress thus far in youth anti stigma initiatives both regionally and globally. We hope to share and deliberate on learnings from theseinitiatives, and inform future interventions backed by evidence.

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