A four-year disability project: 'Ghana Somubi Dwumadie,' with specific focus on improving mental health in Ghana has ended.
Funded by the UKAid, the programme which commenced in March 2020 at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, has reached a total of 155,203 people directly with activities that engaged, empowered and improved the wellbeing as well as socio-economic status and rights of people with disabilities (PWDs) and mental health conditions, by the end of August 2024.
Implemented through an Options-led consortium, consisting of Basic Needs-Ghana, Kings College London, Sightsavers International and Tropical Health, the project focused on key areas including promoting stronger policies and systems that respected the rights of people with disabilities focusing on their mental health and scaling up access to services.
It also contributed to reducing stigma and discrimination against PWDs and persons with mental health disabilities, generating evidence to inform policy makers on effectiveness of disability and mental health interventions across the country.