Maldives on Monday held a workshop to inform healthcare service providers about the World Health Organisation (WHO) Mental Health Gap Action Programme.
The workshop was organised by the Mental Health Awareness Foundation in collaboration with Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital (IGMH).
According to the Mental Health Awareness Foundation, participants of the workshop included officials who are directly and indirectly involved in providing treatment for mental health patients and policymakers.
The foundation said that discussions at the workshop would be based on findings of the WHO’s Mental Health Gap Action Programme.
Discussion would also focus on ways to tackle issues ranging from mental health awareness to treatment and drafting policies relevant to establishing a proper mental health care system, it added.