Using Mobile Phones to Empower the Frontline Healthcare Workers to Manage Depression at the Point-of-Care in Kenya Using the WHO Mental Health Treatment Gap Intervention Guidelines (MHGAP-IG)

The bold idea is to use specially designed software mounted on mobile phones to overcome barriers of distance and travel to train, supervise and support primary health care workers to deliver mhGAP-IG at the Point of Care.

Grant ID
ST-POC-0414-01
Implementing Organization
Africa Mental Health Foundation (AMHF)
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On
Show on Spoke
Off
Follow-on Funding
Off
Lead Funding Organization
Grand Challenges Canada
Challenge
Stars in Global Health
Initiatives
Grand Challenges Canada
Principal Investigator
Christine Musyimi
Award Manager
Grand Challenges Canada
Individual Funder Information
Funding Organization
Grand Challenges Canada
Funding Amount (in original currency)
113000.00
Funding Currency
CAD
Exchange Rate (at time of payment)
0.7500000000
Funding Amount (in USD)
84750.00
Project Type
App/Software
Project Primary Sector
Noncommunicable Diseases
Funding Date Range
-
Funding Total (In US dollars)
84750.00
Co-Funded
False