Title of the centre:
WHO Collaborating Centre for Mental Health and Psychiatry
Director / Head:
Prof Crick Lund
Prof. Katherine Sorsdahl
Institution:
Centre for Public Mental Health
University of Cape Town
Address:
46 Sawkins Road
7700
Rondebosch
Town:
Cape town
Country:
SOUTH AFRICA
Region:
AFRO
Phone:
+27-820554676
Fax:
Date of Designation:
17/Jul/2015
Last Redesignation:
17/Jul/2023
Expiry:
17/Jul/2027
Date of Discontinuation:
Terms of Reference:
- To provide technical input to inform WHO’s work on mental health in the context of select mental health programmes, including mhGAP, development of manualised psychological interventions, psychological intervention implementation manuals, and other WHO resources.
- To support WHO in building public mental health capacity among relevant stakeholders.
- To participate in collaborative research under WHO’s leadership, focused on psychological interventions for children and adolescents.
- To provide technical input to inform WHO’s work on mental health policy.
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Subjects:
- Mental health & neurosciences
- Human resources for health (excluding Nursing)
- Research policy & development
Types of activity:
- Research
- Evaluation
- Training and education
WHO Outputs:
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1.1.2 - Countries enabled to strengthen their health systems to deliver on condition- and disease-specific service coverage results |
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Responsible Officer:
GRAY Brandon
Phone:
Technical Counterpart:
BAINGANA Florence Kamayonza
Phone:
Access to annual progress reports and the current workplan (this is accessible to WHO Staff Members only):
Link to eWork
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