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Mental Health

No Scientific Basis for Uganda’s “Rehabilitation” Plan for LGBTIQ+

May 1, 2023

Mental health professionals from across Africa, including Kenya, Uganda, Cameroon, Nigeria and South Africa, have signed a declaration against conversion practices that are used to forcibly change the sexual orientation, gender identity or expression of LGBTIQ+ people.

The declaration unambiguously …

How Covid-19 Lockdown affected the Mental Health of Nigerians

Abiodun Musbau Lawal

December 12, 2021

The toll of the coronavirus pandemic on physical health and lives worldwide is enormous. But the disease and the lockdown measures have had an impact on mental health too.

Some of the mental health issues that have been reported due …