Human Rights Watch welcomes the opportunity to provide input to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (the Committee) ahead of its consideration of a List of Issues for the upcoming review of Ghana. This submission highlights areas of concern that Human Rights Watch hopes will inform the Committee’s consideration of the Ghanaian government’s compliance with its obligations under the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).
Implement The Mental Health Act Now It is evident that little or no attention is paid to mental health care in recent times. This has created deep seated crisis in the mental health fraternity. Listening to the Chief Executive Director of the Ghana Mental Health Authority on Citi news on…
It is true that psychiatry is as old as Adam. It has gone through several revolutions and it appears that in this 21st century we have gone pass the days of the dark ages where psychiatric clients were held in shackles, dungeons, amiss cruel, inhumane and undignified treatment. But can…
The Mental Health Society of Ghana(MEHSOG) and Alliance for Mental Health has called for efforts to avoid discrimination and unequal treatment against persons with mental health. The groups believe that Service Users with critical stakeholders in Ghana’s mental health system were neglected and refused representation of the Ghana Mental Health…
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