Culled from Asido Foundation where Gede Foundation honoured an invitation to speak at a Symposium at the Annual General Meeting of the Association of Psychiatrists in Nigeria (APN) held at Hawthorne Suites in Abuja. The Symposium was organized by the Asido Foundation in partnership with the Mandate Health Empowerment Initiative (MHEI) with a focus on the Role of CSOs in Mental Health Advocacy in Nigeria.
“Asido Foundation organized a successful symposium last week at the Association of Psychiatrists in Nigeria (APN) conference in Abuja, Nigeria.”
L-R: Mr Fola Kareem, our able Moderator and Director of Psychological Services at the Asido Foundation; Mrs Zunzika Thole-Okpo from Gede Foundation; Mr Zion Ameh from the MHEI; Dr Jibril Abdulmalik of the Asido Foundation; Mrs Chide Omali from the SDF Initiative; Dr Nneka Unaogu from SURPIN and the President of the APN, Prof Taiwo Lateef Sheikh. MANI and CBM were absent with apologies.
The theme of the symposium was Role of CSOs in Mental Health Advocacy in Nigeria.
Working together, we will continue to advance the cause of promoting mental health awareness in Nigeria.
We are all in this for the long haul.
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