YouBelong Uganda recently reached out to individuals in #Uganda recovering from #SevereMentalIllness and their families to learn more about how #COVID19 and lockdown measures have impacted them. Read more about our phone survey here: youbelongcommunity.org/wp-content/upl…

Congratulations to Julia Gillard incoming chair of #WellcomeTrust A great appointment. A huge advocate for #mentalhealth

Belonging home: capabilities, belonging and mental health recovery in low resourced settings academic.oup.com/heapro/advance…. Recent article outlines model of care developed by YouBelong Uganda working with #SevereMentalIllness in #Uganda

Wise reflections on #COVID19 in #Uganda from YouBelong Uganda Chief Executive David Cappo. #mentalhealth #solidarity Annalisa Jenkins James Tibenderana

YouBelong Uganda CEO advocating for community #mentalhealth services in #Uganda. Early intervention minimises progression to severe mental illness. With half of Uganda’s population under 15yo, youth-specific mental health services are essential! Young Africa Works - Mastercard Foundation Patrick McGorry EU in Uganda

YouBelong Uganda is working with Butabika National Referral Mental Hospital to support the safe resettlement of 500 patients back to their families in an effort to minimise the consequences of COVID-19 spread on overcrowded wards. Learn more about #Project500 here: youbelongcommunity.org/project-500/

A powerful message about #mentalhealth for girls and women in #Uganda from our #WomenforWomen group on #WorldMentalHealthDay: youbelongcommunity.org/a-message-to-o…

Congratulation to our Technical Director, Dr Byamah Mutamba, and colleagues on their important commentary highlighting the global inequity at the intersection of #mentalhealth and #COVID19 in this month's The Lancet: thelancet.com/journals/lance… #WorldMentalHealthDay

At the #WorldMentalHealthDay celebration organised today by ⁦Ministry of Health- Uganda⁩, our CEO, David Cappo, emphasised that “the key to sustainable mental health services is their integration into the national health system.”

youbelongcommunity.org/back-to-school…   A message from YouBelong Women for women to schools in #Uganda about the #mentalhealth needs of children as they prepare to welcome students back in 2022. Ministry of Health- Uganda Ministry of Education and Sports - Uganda Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development

We are so proud of our CEO and Co-Founder, David Cappo, who just spoke at #WHS2023 about the innovative work that YouBelong Uganda is doing in #Uganda to address the mental health treatment gap for people living with severe mental disorders. Wellcome

This week, our co-Founder/Technical Director, Dr Byamah Mutamba, spoke at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) #globalmentalhealth conference about SCAPE-U, a trial evaluating how people with lived experience of #psychosis in #Uganda can contribute to Ministry of Health- Uganda system strengthening Wellcome👏🏿

Kenneth Ayesiga YouBelong Uganda Team Leader, promoting mental health with 1000 school students and at Radio Maria

There is no single cause of mental illness but rather a combination of factors. It is important to get professional help when you are not okay, or talk to someone you trust.

📢 Wizarts Foundation is excited to join the dissemination meeting on adolescent mental health findings from 5 Kampala schools! Supported by Makerere University Research & Innovation Fund, with participants from Makerere University College of Health Sciences & YouBelong Uganda & students. #MentalHealth