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BasicNeeds-Ghana Engages with Key Influencers and Opinion Leaders

BasicNeeds-Ghana organised a forum on mental health with key national level stakeholders drawn from political parties, religious organisations, and traditional authority institutions....

CSO Coalition Supports People with Mental Illness & Epilepsy During COVID-19

On April 30 and May 1, BasicNeeds- Ghana distributed food and otheritems worth GHS 50,000 to 110 (69 females) persons with mental...

Anzansi study project

BasicNeeds-Ghana in collaboration with Washington University in St Louis, Missouri, USA, the School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Legon and BIBIR...

CSO Coalition, BNGh Support People Living with Mental Illness, Epilepsy

BasicNeeds Ghana, on April 30 and May 1, distributed food and other items worth GHȻ 50,000...

Stakeholders Meet to Discuss Mental Health Financing

BasicNeeds-Ghana has organised a meeting of multi-sectoral stakeholders to discuss new and sustainable ways...

Mental Health in Ghana Could be Better

The CEO of the Mental Health Authority- Ghana, Dr Akwasi Osei, has said that the biggest problems bedevilling the mental health...

Mental Health Alliance Holds National Meeting

The Alliance for Mental Health and Development, made up of civil society actors in mental health, held a national meeting in Accra...

BasicNeeds Convenes Forum to Discuss Mental Health Financing Featured

BasicNeeds-Ghana, on August 29, 2019, organised an inter-ministerial forum which brought together heads of key ministries and government agencies...

SHEP Coordinators Undergo Facilitator’s Training on ‘Dang Malgu’

School Health Education Programme (SHEP) Coordinators from the Tishegu Anglican Primary School ‘A’, numbering four (4),...

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...

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BasicNeeds-Ghana is a mental health and development advocacy organisation that implements and promotes initiatives to transform the lives of people with mental illness or epilepsy by providing access to integrated mental health care, social and economic services in the communities of Ghana. In the process, we empower individuals and their families and involve communities and partner with government and other organisations to influence public opinion and policy and enable people with mental illness or epilepsy to live and work successfully in their community.