Healthcare: WHO To Address Emergencies, Mental Disorders In Nigeria - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 13, 2019
The World Health Organisation, WHO is set to address emergencies and mental disorders in Nigeria and other countries this year.
WHO, in a report listed other countries affected to include Bangladesh, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, South Sudan, Syria, Turkey, Ukraine, the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Statistics in the report showed that there are more people living with mental disorders in areas affected by conflict than we previously thought.
The global health body said one person in five is living with some form of mental disorder, from mild depression or anxiety to psychosis, and almost one in ten is living with a moderate or severe mental disorder.
According to the Federal Ministry of Health, three in every ten or thirty per cent of Nigerians suffer from one form of mental disorder or the other.
In the North East, the Boko Haram insurgency, now in its tenth year, had led to the death of tens of thousands and displacement of millions.