PALOP Mental Health Implementation Research Training
The following grant was awarded by, is supported by, is administered by or is in partnership with the Fogarty International Center at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Funding Fogarty Program
Chronic, Noncommunicable Diseases and Disorders Research Training
Project Information in NIH RePORTER
PALOP Mental Health Implementation Research Training
Principal Institution
New York State Psychiatric Institute
Principal Investigator(s) (PI)
Wainberg, Milton L; Noormahomed, Emilia Virginia; Oquendo, Maria A
Project Contact Information
Email:
mlw35@cumc.columbia.edu
Year(s) Awarded
2014–2025
Country
Mozambique
Collaborators
Mozambique Institute for Health Education and Research
NIH Partners
NIMH
Project Description
This program will continue to prepare scientists to develop effective and feasible mental health interventions that are adapted to a specific culture and context, making more efficient use of less specialized human resources available in various low-resource systems of care that can help increase access to effective treatments and reduce the mental health treatment gap.
In Mozambique, an expanding mental health service infrastructure will require implementation science research guiding the implementation and scale up of evidence-based interventions capable of reaching those often excluded from care. As a clear leader in the Portuguese speaking African countries (PALOP – Países Africanos de Língua Oficial Portuguesa), Mozambique can be a model to other PALOP and sub-Saharan African countries as well as other to low-resource settings, including the US, and thus help decrease the global mental health research and treatment gap.
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