10 October 2020 – In commemoration of the World Mental Health Day, the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights and the Civil Society Organizations working on mental health in Kenya welcome the opportunity to call for more serious action in addressing mental health concerns, in line with this year’s theme of “greater investment and greater access to mental health services”. This year’s World Mental Health Day is being commemorated amidst an unforeseen pandemic: the COVID19 pandemic. Sadly, the global denial and failure to invest in mental health over many years has resulted in a shameful situation in which access to treatment has limited individuals’ rights to wellness and health which has been unearthed and further exacerbated by the COVID-19 crisis
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