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Mental Health and Disability
Programme

Awareness and support for persons living with
mental illness and disability in Nigeria.

The Mental Health Programme aims to increase awareness of mental health and support for disability rights in Nigeria and other African countries.

Support persons living with and affected by mental health conditions and advocate for their rights, and improve access to mental health services through mental health law and policy reform

Members of the team have supported law reform activities to replace the Lunacy Act.  CHELD advocates for the visibility, awareness and support for persons living with mental illness and disability in Nigeria.

At CHELD our activities here include dissemination of information on the Convention on the Rights of Persons Living with Disability, analysis of the application of the Convention in African countries, advocacy for law reform based on the CRPD, decriminalization of attempted suicide in Nigeria, support for suicide prevention through policy, law, awareness creation, referral and material assistance

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CHELD in the News
Photo News from World Mental Health Day.
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L-R: National Coordinator, National Mental Health Program, FMoH, Dr Tunde Masseyferguson Ojoh; Permanent Secretary, FMOH, Daju Kachulom; Director, Public Health, Federal Ministry of Health, FMoH, Dr. Chukwuma Anyaike and Executive ...
CHELD in the News
FG moves to decriminalise attempted suicide, establishes national taskforce
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The Federal Government has established the National Taskforce on the Decriminalisation of Attempted Suicide. The inauguration, which took place on Thursday, October 10, 2024, coincided with the World Mental Health ...
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Mental Health Support to the people of Maiduguri
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Centre For Health Ethics Law and Development (CHELD) in partnership with Asido Foundation and the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Maiduguri, is working to provide mental health support to the people of ...
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Experts call for speedy implementation of National Mental Health Act
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Mental health experts have called on the Federal Government to work towards the speedy implementation of the National Mental Health Act to ensure the well-being of individuals and society. The ...
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Implementing the National Mental Health Act: A Focus on Suicide and Attempted Suicide
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The House of Representatives Committee on Specialty Healthcare chaired by Hon. Dr. Alex Egbona held an interactive session with stakeholders on the need to prioritize and implement the provisions of ...
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Implementation of the National Mental Health Act 2021: Urgent Call for the Establishment of the Department of Mental Health Services and the Composition of the Mental Health Assessment Committee
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1.1           Introduction Prior to the operational commencement of the National Mental Health Act 2021 on 28th December 2022, the Lunacy Act 1958[1] regulated mental health disorders in Nigeria. The Lunacy ...

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