Lukoye Atwoli calls for increased investment in brain, mental health research

African College of Neuropsychopharmacology President Professor Lukoye Atwoli. [David Gichuru, Standard]

African College of Neuropsychopharmacology (AfCNP) President Professor Lukoye Atwoli has called for the increased investment on brain health research across the continent as a way of dealing with the impact that mental- ill- health has on individuals, communities, and societies.

Lukoye who was speaking during the opening of the first-ever Pioneering School on Neuropsychopharmacology in Nairobi and hosted by Aga Khan University, brought to the fore that that the continent is struggling with the burden of mental ill health given that majority of the countries were exposed to risk factors such as war, disasters- both natural and man-made-, insecurity, chronic diseases, food insecurity and political instability.