Last Change:

01/23/2025

Kenya Mental Health Action Plan 2021–2025

Year: 2021

Type: Domestic policy

Rights Category: Health

Description

Building upon the Mental Health Policy, this action plan outlines specific strategies and activities to be undertaken within the five-year period to enhance mental health services. It focuses on areas such as service delivery, financing, human resources, and information systems.

Key Focus Areas:

  • Scaling up mental health services across all counties.
  • Enhancing the capacity of health care workers through training and development.
  • Allocating adequate resources for mental health programs.
  • Implementing awareness campaigns to reduce stigma associated with mental illness.

The action plan serves as a roadmap for operationalizing the objectives set forth in the Mental Health Policy.