Ministry launches programme for mental health development of children and adolescents

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has launched a programme that will benefit the mental health and development of adolescents and children.

In a release yesterday, the MoH stated that it has launched a Mental Health and Psychosocial Wellbeing and Development of Children and Adolescents Programme in collaboration with the Pan American Health Organization/ World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF).

This joint programme, the release explained, aims to address and break the inter-generational cycle of poor mental health and transform mental health outcomes in Guyana for both current and future generations.