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Ghana

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Ghana’s youthful and diverse society contends with unsustainable foreign debt, social and cultural debates (many tinged with religious overtones), governance challenges, and the tensions and aspirations of today’s globalized world. With religious engagement in many respects an accepted part of the landscape, Ghana’s government and development partners have had little impetus to see religious actors explicitly as central players in development work, even as they play many different roles.

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Report October 21, 2024

Mental Health in Ghana: Current Landscape and Religious Roles

Ghana has been on the cutting edge of working to assure accessible and affordable healthcare in Africa, including at least to a degree in the area of mental health. Ghana was one of sub-Saha-ran Africa’s first countries to enact mental health legislation, and the World Health Organization (WHO) describes Ghana’s Mental Health Act as one of the continent’s best. Faith actors and communities play…