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"speaker_name": "Dr Susan Nakhumicha",
"speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Health",
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"content": "The Task Force on Mental Health recommended that the Government conduct a National Mental Health Survey to better define the burden of illness in the country. On the progress that we have made so far, plans are underway to conduct the country’s first National Baseline Mental Health Survey. The Ministry appointed a Technical Working Group in March, 2022 to spearhead this survey. It is composed of officials from the Ministry of Health, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), academia, county governments, development partners and the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS). It developed the study proposal and got ethical approval to conduct the National Baseline Mental Health Survey. It also engaged the World Mental Health Survey Consortium for capacity building on research assistants, using the appropriate study Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI) tool for assessing mental disorders at the community level. This survey has been included in the division of Mental Health Annual Work Plan for Financial Year 2023/2024. Currently, the Ministry of Health is working on mobilising resources to commence the survey."
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