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% |