KAMPALA, UGANDA, October 15, 2026 – On October 21st and 22nd, the East African Community (EAC) will convene government officials and civil society representatives for…
Suicidality is a global mental health problem, with some statistics estimating that up to 19% of chronically depressed individuals have reported suicide attempts. At StrongMinds,…
Rose has spent more than two decades at the heart of community work in Kabwe, Zambia, in the same area where she was born and…
StrongMinds is launching operations in Rwanda in partnership with the Rwanda Biomedical Centre. In 2026, StrongMinds will begin the training needed to bring our IPT-G…
Uganda’s Ministry of Education and Sports has released new national Guidelines for Integrating Mental Wellbeing and Psychosocial Support in Education Institutions, a first-of-its-kind framework built…
When I started StrongMinds in 2013, I set what felt like a properly outrageous goal: we would treat 2 million people in Africa for depression…
There isn’t always a moment when someone recovering from depression says, “I feel better.” More often, recovery reveals itself quietly. A mother who has spent…
In June, StrongMinds joined global health leaders at the United Nations to advocate for a critical but often overlooked piece of the HIV response: mental…
Rebecca Namuli, Mental Health Specialist and Regional Lead for the East Central Region at StrongMinds Uganda, recently led research and writing for the StrongMinds report,…
The world over, the weather is unpredictable. Seasons that used to follow familiar patterns now bring prolonged droughts and heavy rains, resulting in devastating floods….