Sudan's unmet mental health needs: A call for action.

Journal: Annals of medicine and surgery (2012)

Volume: 78

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Affiliated Institutions:  Department of Psychiatry, Jawahar Lal Nehru Memorial Hospital, Srinagar, Kashmir, India. Faculty of Medicine, Ibn Sina University, Khartoum, Sudan. International Medical Faculty, Osh State University, Osh City, Kyrgyzstan. Kabul University of Medical Sciences, Kabul, Afghanistan. Faculty of Medicine, Aleppo University, Aleppo, Syria. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nile Valley University, Sudan.

Abstract summary 

Multiple humanitarian and economic crises in Sudan, including a 22-year civil war and the Darfur genocide in 2003, have resulted in over two million fatalities, food shortages, famine and widespread internal displacement. and the COVID-19 pandemic have culminated in the compromise of mental health services. The Sudanese government had declared a state of emergency on October 25th, 2021 which augmented the current humanitarian crises through further restriction of access to essential services. In an effort to curb the mental health crisis, new service delivery models led by educational institutions in collaboration with non-governmental, regional and international organisations.

Authors & Co-authors:  Shoib Sheikh S Osman Elmahi Osman Kamal OK Siddiqui Mohd Faizan MF Abdalrheem Altamih Randa Ahmed RA Swed Sarya S Sharif Ahmed Eman Mohammed EM

Study Outcome 

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Citations :  The Lancet. Sudan's threatened health and humanitarian crisis. Lancet. 2019;393(10168):199. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(19)30074-1. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30638641 Available from:
Authors :  6
Identifiers
Doi : 103773
SSN : 2049-0801
Study Population
Male,Female
Mesh Terms
Other Terms
COVID-19;Humanitarian crisis;Mental health;Sudan
Study Design
Study Approach
Country of Study
Sudan
Publication Country
England