01203nas a2200193 4500000000100000008004100001260001200042653001800054653003900072100001000111700001500121700001600136245012200152856008600274300001000360490000700370520061800377022001400995 2024 d c03/202410amental health10aNeglected tropical diseases (NTDs)1 aOjo T1 aAfolayan O1 aAlex-Okoh M00aWindows of opportunity in integrating mental health into care of neglected tropical diseases: the Nigeria experience. uhttps://academic.oup.com/inthealth/article/16/Supplement_1/i7/7636802?login=false ai7-i80 v163 a

In this invited commentary, the Mental Health and the Neglected Tropical Diseases(NTDs) Program leads in the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare share the opportunities that have arisen from recent global progress in normative guidance and political interest in the intersection of mental health and NTDs. They describe the new collaboration that has taken place between their programs, e.g. contributing to the World Health Organization Essential Care Package for Mental Health, Stigma and NTDs and integration of mental health for the first time into the new National NTD Masterplan.

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