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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jan 11.
Published in final edited form as: Psychiatry Res. 2019 Sep 27;283:112585. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2019.112585

Table 1.

Mental Health System Capacity in Africa (WHO, 2014).

WHO-AIMS Domain: Policy/ leaislation African Region Ghana Kenya South Africa Uganda

World bank income classification NA Lower middle Lower middle Upper-middle Low income
Mental health (MH) policy 44% 1996 (Draft, 2012) 1997 (Draft, 2005)
Mental health plan 67% 2007 1994 2009 2010
Mental health legislation 44% 2012 1991 2002 (Reviewed 2012)
National child & adolescent MH Policy 6% No No (Guideline only 2002) (Guideline only 2013)

WHO-AIMS: Human Resources % 1 M (SD) % 1 M (SD) % / M (SD) % / M (SD) % / M (SD)

Gov expenditure on MH (%of health expenditures) 1.60% 2.00%
Gov expenditures on mental hospitals as a% of total expenditures on mental health 71%
Psychiatrists working in mental health sector * 0.24 (0.49) 0.07 0.19 0.27 0.09
Nurses working in mental health sector * 5.73 (22.81) 2.47 9.72 0.76
Social workers working in mental health sector * 0.12 (0.22) 0.02 0.01 0.39
Psychologists working in mental health sector * 0.39 (0.93) 0.04 0.31 0.02

WHO-AIMS: MH Services in Primary Care

Mental health outpatient facilities * 0.50 (1.27) 0.16 6.85 0.08
Mental health day treatment facilities * 0.07 (0.18) 0.01 0.16 0
Community residential facilities * 0.01 (0.03) 0.01 0.12 0
Mental hospitals * 0.06 (0.20) 0.02 0.12 0
Mental Health Professionals in Schools 0% 0% Unknown 0%