Mano Vishwa 2023
- Name of the Initiative
Mano Vishwa
- Project Duration
January to March 2023
- Place
Ranavav Taluka of Porbandar District
- Funding Partner
District Mental Health Program, National Health Mission, Gujarat
- Estimated Beneficiaries
1160 Beneficiaries
Mental Health issues among community is a growing epidemic in India.
Nearly 6-7% population is suffering from various mental health issues. Hence, it is
important to increase awareness about these issues at community level to
effectively address mental health issues.
With support from National Health Mission, Gujarat through DMHP Porbandar, we
organized community level awareness camps at Ranavav taluka of Porbandar
district. Our counsellors were trained by a psychiatrist from the district hospital
Porbandar.
Subsequently we organized
community level awareness camps with standardized presentations and discussion sessions. We also asked participants to fill out self assessment checklists for
depression (PHQ – 9) and Stress (GAD – 7). We have used standardized versions of checklist in vernacular language and participants were assisted by counsellors as per need.
We successfully identified people suffering from mild – moderate – severe mental
health issues and referred them to the district hospital for the further treatment.
Many of the participants had never heard the term mental health illness and were
benefited greatly by the counselling and treatment at district hospital.
Mental health interventions with support from the NGOs are envisioned by NHM
Gujarat and has been very useful in reaching out to larger community. We believe
that such interventions in other health area can further support wider outreach
and awareness for government programs to community
