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Upper-Hill Matumbato Rd,
Nairobi, KE
Mon-Fri (8am - 5pm)
Sat-Sun (Closed)
Upper-Hill Matumbato Rd,
Nairobi, KE
Africa Institute of Mental and Brain Health (AFRIMEB), formerly Africa Mental Health Research and Training Foundation (AMHRTF) is a public benefit organization based in Kenya, dedicated to research in mental and neurological health as well as substance use research to generate evidence for policy and best practice in the provision of affordable, appropriate, available, and accessible mental health services.
AFRIMEB brings together the widest possible spectrum of professionals from both mental health and non-mental health fields to work together under one roof working in research and interventions in mental health.
Establishing AFRIMEB was conceptualized in the year 2000 by Professor David M. Ndetei, Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Nairobi. It all started when Prof Ndetei and three of his students came together to volunteer their expertise to improve the mental health of underprivileged Kenyans, initially through advocacy. As of today, Prof has heavily invested in the training of Psychiatrists in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Nairobi. His efforts have contributed to Kenya having the best psychiatrist population ratio of any country south of the Sahara and outside South Africa (Approx. 1:500,000).
AFRIMEB collaboration with Columbia University New York, USA & Makueni County:
Africa Institute of Mental and Brain Health in collaboration with Columbia University New York, USA and the Department of Health of Makueni County was implementing a research study titled Multi-Sectorial Stakeholder TEAM Approach to Scale-Up Community Mental Health in Kenya – Building on Locally Generated Evidence and Lessons Learned (TEAM). These are some of the Success Stories from the project .
(AFRIMEB) is a public benefit organization, based in Kenya dedicated to research in mental and neurological health and, substance use to generate evidence for policy and best practice in the provision of affordable, appropriate, available and accessible mental health services.
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