Mental Health in the Somali Context - A Call for papers - We hope to recieve your paper before 1 March 2025

• To address the serious socio-economic, societal and
  health challenges that have made mental health
  emerge as a major public health problem.
• To promote mental health services and integrated
  strategies that mitigate stigma, ensure that persons
  with mental health problems be treated with respect
  for human rights and allow them free access to care
  according to their needs as assisted by supportive
  policies and strategic operational guidelines.
• To devise strategies of integrating mental health with
  Primary Health Care, aiming at universal coverage by
  2030 by imaginative use of community health workers
  and health clinics in each district.
• To scale up the training of the health workforce in the
  care of mental health across the health system.
• To carry out surveys to assess the burden of mental
  health and plan the implementation of effective public
  health interventions.
• To introduce mental health care legislation, policy
  frameworks and operational strategies to improve the
  mental health and well-being of the population,
  promoting a range of supports to be integrated into
  their communities.
• To explore the use of digital technologies as userfriendly
  tools in mental health services.

We welcome original articles as well as short communications, case reports, current debates and viewpoints.
Specifically, we urge authors to reflect on and suggest evidence-based actions locally as well as nationally based. We look forward receiving your paper before 1 October2024. Comments from reviewers and editors will be shared with you within a month from submission. We are planning to publish the Special Issue in Spring 2025.
Please follow our Author Guidelines when drafting your article for submission.