Our trusted partners play a vital role in helping us achieve our mission of promoting mental health and well-being. Collaborating with leading healthcare providers, educational institutions, government agencies, and community organizations, we create a robust support network for mental health services. Together, we work to expand access to care, advance research, and raise awareness, ensuring that individuals and communities receive the support they need for their mental health journey.
Partnerships are more crucial than ever, as global mental health challenges continue to strain the resources of healthcare systems, governments, and donors. These collaborations—with mental health organizations, healthcare providers, educational institutions, NGOs, the private sector, foundations, and research institutions—strengthen the impact of our efforts to promote mental well-being and improve access to care.
Our partnerships take many forms, from multistakeholder discussions that exchange knowledge and shape innovative mental health initiatives, to active strategic collaborations that address the growing mental health crisis. By working together, we maximize collective impact, mobilize resources faster, increase efficiency, and ensure that support reaches those who need it most.
The CEMHRI is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to promoting mental health awareness and eliminating the stigmas that is associated with mental illnesses through service and research.
SURPIN is an initiative that was started by the Lagos University Teaching hospital, established for the purpose of suicide prevention through research, crisis intervention, health education and early treatment of depression & drug abuse, which are major risks for suicide.
LASUCOM is the pride of Lagos State University (LASU). As a world-class medical school, we are inspired to teach with creativity and dedication, to heal with quality and compassion, and to inspire discovery and innovation with integrity and resolve.
The Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital Yaba, Oshodi Annex came into existence immediately after the 2nd World war in 1948. Some of the Veterans who fought in the 2nd World war developed some Psychological and mental health disorders.
The Lagos State Primary Health Care Board coordinates the planning, budgeting, monitoring and evaluation of all the Primary Health Care (PHC) services that affect the residents of the State and other matters.
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Prior the passing of the law, the state’s mental health services were operated on the regulations of the Lagos Lunacy Act – an act of the State Assembly which had its roots in the Nigerian Lunacy Law of 1920. The Law sought to provide custody and removal of persons with mental disorders from the streets of Lagos. This law was last reviewed in 1964 when mental health services were still rudimentary.
With the support of the Lagos State Ministry of Health, a team of mental health experts from the Lagos State University College of Medicine (LASUCOM) launched a project, called the Mental Health in Primary Care (MeHPriC), with funding received from Grand Challenges Canada.
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