Living with schizophrenia -An individual’s story 

Dr Chieshi

Abuja, 11 October, 2022 - Dr Chieshi was diagnosed with schizophrenia in 1990

Having been diagnosed with schizophrenia at the university in 1990, Dr Terver Simon Chieshi had to suspend school for a year to seek medical treatment. 

He recalled that being a final-year medical student coming to terms with the diagnosis was not easy. 

Walking the Talk for mental well-being

Warm up activities before the Walk

Dar es Salaam, Dodoma & Zanzibar: In promoting mental well-being and partnerships for health, the WHO Tanzania Country Office team organized its second Walk the Talk event this time including the WHO sub-offices in Dodoma and Zanzibar.

In Nigeria, health workers learn how to help women facing gender-based violence

A mental health care worker with a patient.

Borno, 7 Ocotber, 2022 – Like many health workers across the Sahel, Mairama Baba Yadafa has been witnessing first-hand the multiple impacts of an unprecedented humanitarian crisis that has gripped the region: drought has hunger soaring amid deepening deprivation and suffering by millions of people affected by armed violence.