Joshua Nnatus is a dynamic public health professional with experience in mental health, and health technology, He is a certified Global Mental Health Expert and Psychological First Aid and currently serving as the Operations Coordination and Technology and Innovation Lead at Lagos MinD (Lagos Mental Health in Development), Lagos State Ministry of Health, Joshua leads a multidisciplinary team dedicated to integrating mental health into the development framework of Lagos State.
Adept in operational management, project coordination, and data analysis, Joshua has contributed to numerous research studies, projects, and programs and delivered actionable insights that have significantly improved mental health services in Lagos and Nigeria.
With over four years of experience, he has crafted, curated, and created mental health communication strategies that are ethically accepted in addition to developing mental health material for use in training and formal and informal awareness campaigns and skilled in Graphic design, video editing, Data Science and Web development.
Throughout his career, Joshua has worked with a variety of groups that provide services related to mental health and public health, staff training, and mentoring and coaching for both adults and adolescents. He has collaborated with a number of well-known initiatives and groups, including Tanzania Development Trust, SHRIN, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LagosMind, and others. He also holds certifications in global mental health from the University of Washington, is a graduate of the Federal University of Technology Owerri, and is a Fellow of the ALX program.
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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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