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Peer support is increasingly being recognised as a best practice intervention for rights-based, recovery-oriented mental health care around the world. However, much of the evidence for peer support comes from the Global North. This month, the UPSIDES consortium in collaboration with the Mental Health Innovation Network is offering two webinars for stakeholders in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa to discuss peer support on their own home turf. These webinars will be held in English, they are free to attend, and all are welcome to join. Scroll down for more details about each webinar and how to join. We hope to see you there!
Peer Support in South Asia: A Webinar for Stakeholders in India and beyond
30 January 2020, 9:00 AM GMT/2:30PM IST
In this webinar, we will share experiences from the QualityRights project in Gujarat, where rights-based mental health care reform has included the training of peer support volunteers. We will also hear how the UPSIDES consortium builds on these existing efforts to help create a more inclusive evidence-base for peer support around the world. Come learn about peer support in India, and share your own experiences with us!
This webinar will be held in English, it’s free to attend, and all are welcome to join. For information on how to log-in to the webinar, please click here.
Peer Support in Africa: A Webinar for Stakeholders in Tanzania, Uganda and beyond
31 January 2020, 9:45 AM GMT/12:45PM EAT
In this webinar, we will share experiences developing Africa’s first Recovery College and peer support programme in Uganda, adapting peer interventions for HIV care to address mental health in Tanzania, and how the UPSIDES consortium builds on these existing efforts to help create a more inclusive evidence-base for peer support around the world. Come learn about peer support in Africa, and share your own experiences with us!
This webinar will be held in English, it’s free to attend, and all are welcome to join. For information on how to log-in to the webinar, please click here.