Government urged to integrate mental health in UHC

Wiper Nominated Senator Sylvia Kasanga has urged the government to fully integrate Mental Health illness into the Universal Health Care plan as a way of addressing the problem.

Speaking to the media, Senator Kasanga cited the WHO report which stipulates that mental health is more than the absence of mental disorders. She said that addressing the problem would help affected Kenyans to ‘cope with the normal stresses of life, work productively and contribute to their community.’