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State of mental health in public hospitals (Photo: iStock)
Every year I get the chance to move around the county while following up and assessing students attached at the various hospitals in Kenya, from levels 4-6 in both public and mission hospitals. And the mental health scare subsector, is one of the most underserved areas in the healthcare delivery systems in Kenya.
According to the recently launched 'National clinical guidelines for management of common mental disorders 2024', one in every ten people in Kenya has a common mental health disorder, with up to 25 per cent of those visiting the outpatient and 40 per cent of the inpatients having a mental health condition.
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