DFID, Development Partners Visit APH, SHGs Featured
On June 14, 2019, the Department for International Development led a visit of development partners to Accra Psychiatric Hospital and to a...
Phase 1 of UNDP Funded Dry Season Gardening Project Ends Featured
BasicNeeds-Ghana has successfully ended the first phase of a dry season gardening project funded by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Adaptation...
30 SHG Members Acquire Skills in Bead-Making
Thirty (30) self-help group (SHG) members have completed a day’s training in bead-making on December 16, 2019 at the Accra Rehabilitation Centre,...
BasicNeeds, MEHSOG Undergo 2-Day Trauma Workshop
BasicNeeds-Ghana and the Mental Health Society of Ghana (MEHSOG), on December 3, 2019, began a two-day workshop to integrate trauma...
BasicNeeds Engages with Media on Mental Health Financing
BasicNeeds-Ghana, on 15th November 2019 disseminated key findings of its 2018 mental health resource allocation and tracking exercise carried out in 30...
BasicNeeds and Mental Health Alliance Mark World Mental Health Day 2019
BasicNeeds-Ghana led the Alliance for Mental Health and Development (Mental Health Alliance), a civil society network of some 120 NGOs/CBOs in Ghana,...
Poll Results Suggest Willingness to Support Mental Health Services
It has come to light that most Ghanaians might be willing to be levied in order to support mental health services in...
Sharing Experiences of Improving Mental Health in Africa
Experts from mental health programmes in Kenya, Ghana and Nigeria Experts from mental health programmes in Kenya, Ghana and Nigeria gathered in...
“Speak Your Mind” Campaign Kicks Off
United for Global Mental Health (UGMH) is an initiative that brings together campaigners, strategic partners, funders and mental health experts from around...
Dissemination of Key Findings from Study on People’s Experiences of Torture and Organised Violence at Home and Traditional/Faith-based Healing Centres
A forum has been held in Accra to disseminate key findings from a study on torture and organised violence that people with...