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4 Needs, Opportunities, and Next Steps
4 Needs, Opportunities, and Next Steps
Pages 51-60
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Or, you can co-opt people: You can convince people that their priorities also apply to your priorities." The interrelations between mental health and the endemic diseases of SSA provide that link, and were a major focus on the "way forward" part of the discussions. NEED FOR SUSTAINABLE, FEASIBLE STRATEGIES Workshop participants emphasized that whatever plans or policies are put in place, they must be part of sustainable, feasible strategies.
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Luckily, there are models to learn from, such as the way care and funding have been provided and used to treat HIV/AIDS and malaria. COLLABORATION Rather than one country or one organization addressing MNS issues independently, workshop participants spoke of the need to collaborate and cooperate with researchers and healthcare providers around the continent and across disease specialties.
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Translating this type of model to MNS disorders means that once one person in the family is seeking treatment, the health workers would be able to help manage any other MNS disorders affecting the family. Supported by an array of centers to train for the diagnosis and treatment of disease at all levels of the healthcare system– -- another concept borrowed from HIV -- this would drive MNS diagnosis deep into the rural communities where it is most needed and most lacking.
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. not as a medical issue alone -- which of course it is -- but as a fundamental human rights issue." Workshop participants pointed out opportunities for mass communication, for example by integrating stories into television series or the solicitation of newspaper articles on the myriad of topics.
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Policy makers -- be they healthcare oriented or not by mandate -- need evidence on which to base their decisions. One workshop attendee noted, "It is very clear that the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Finance do not have the evidence that paid community health workers are better than unpaid community health workers.
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KAWE's three main programs encompass training, education, and awareness; medical pro vision and clinical support; and lobbying and advocacy. KAWE's training program reaches all levels of healthcare providers -- doctors, clinical officers, nurses, and community health volunteers -- and trains them in epilepsy management.
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• Establish and use information technologies, including mobile technologies, to improve care. Develop diagnostic, treatment, and continuing education training modules for MNS disorders that can be used by all healthcare providers, not only MNS specialists.
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But workshop participants outlined the broad work to be done and how new, systematic MNS treatment programs should work.
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Communitybased programs that integrate MNS care into the primary care system will provide the highest quality of care. To do this successfully, programs must be established to ensure quality training for health workers throughout the system, from the community health worker up to the hospital providers.
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You cannot do it with volunteers alone." Participants also believed technology has a key role to play in supplementing this education, be it via mobile phone applications or Internet or DVD-based training or educational materials. As Leshner said, "There are a lot of ways in which we can do a better job of putting information in accessible and understandable ways and [of]
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