Healthy Brains Global Initiative Inc

Integrating maternal mental health into primary healthcare in rural south africaan innovative outcomes-based pilot program to integrate mental health support into existing maternal and immunization care pathways.with our provider, right to care, we are launching a locally designed pilot program to improve wellbeing of mothers and babies in limpopo. The program uses community resources to improve awareness and care. It will: identify locally appropriate language, building on existing traditions and understanding; and, reduce stigma aroundseeking care for mental distress andreduce stigmatizingbehavioramong providers.the program seeks to improve the wellbeing of mothers, which in turn is expected to: reduce the chances of obstetric emergencies; increase the uptake of immunizations; and reduce infant and child mortality and morbidity.

Lived experience councilone of hbgi's central tenets is embedding the perspectives of people most affected by mental and neurological health research in both the strategy and action. To that end, hbgi formed a lived experience council, bringing together people across a wide variety of ages, locations, conditions, and ethnicities to help build hbgi from the bottom-up. Hbgi's lec is a group of smart, caring, loving, and exceptional professionals who are working at different levels to catalyze change across the mental health spectrum.