Replicating mental health services in Central America

As representatives of BasicNeeds, we have been pleased to collaborate with ACISAM, the Association for Training and Research for Mental Health, in El Salvador. ACISAM is a well-respected NGO that has existed set up to meet the needs of people after the armed conflict in that country in the eighties and has since broadened its work to meet the mental health needs of the population more generally.

In association with other leading organisations in the country, we worked on the design for a new initiative that would adapt and replicate the BasicNeeds model in rural El Salvador. The aim is to make community-based mental health services available beyond the urban areas of the country.

Information on the first BasicNeeds social franchisee in Africa, VoiceGhana, can be found here