In line with the agenda of the sitting governor of Lagos State, the Lagos State Ministry of Health is committed to building the human capacities of its physicians in the provision of mental health treatment and management.
In February 2020, a 5-day training exercise was organised to train health workers on mental health assessment at the primary healthcare level. About 500 primary health care workers, including Medical Doctors, Nurses, Health Educators, Community Health Workers, Medical Records Officers and Pharmacists were pulled from the 57 flagship Primary Health Centers spread across Lagos State.
The training was facilitated by Consultant Psychiatrists from the District General Hospitals, as well as from the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital.
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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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