Collaborators: Aga Khan University’s Department of Community Health and the Brain and Mind Institute
Project Summary: While most Low- and Middle-Income Countries including Pakistan have underdeveloped specialist facilities for mental health, several trials from LMICs show that non-specialist Community Health Workers can manage patients effectively as front-line providers. Project mPareshan is developing an mHealth strategy to allow Lady Health Workers and their Supervisors to assess, diagnose, and provide management services for mental health within the community. The project team recently launched a contextually customized training manual on mental health for non-specialist health workers. This is the first time such a training guide adapted from WHO mhGAP has been developed, translated into Urdu and Sindhi and tested at the level of Lady Health Workers.
