East Africa: Kenya Launches Clinical Guidelines On Management of Mental Disorders

Kenya on Tuesday, September 10, published the first clinical guidelines for managing mental disorders that have spiked in the country, Xinhua reports.

Patrick Amoth, the director general of health in the Ministry of Health, said the guidelines aim to improve the identification and treatment of mental disorders within primary healthcare settings.

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“These guidelines have been designed for use by various categories of…