2nd African Diaspora Global Mental Health Conference

17-18 November 2016

The ideas discussed at the 2002 conference were groundbreaking and ahead of their time. Although psychiatrists who attended the meeting were able to bring these ideas to their individual institutions, there did not yet exist an infrastructure to facilitate the collaborations discussed during the meeting. Over the next 14 years, support grew for global mental health initiatives. By 2016, organizers from the 1st African Diaspora Conference realized that the world was ready to embrace an institute of this magnitude. The 2nd African Diaspora Global Mental Health Conference was held in Cape Town on 17-18 November 2016 with the expressed goal of developing the Africa Global Mental Health Institute (AGMHI). This meeting established the identity of the institute and concluded with a clear set of goals.

Aligned with the World Bank and the WHO Mental Health Action Plan 2013-2030, the AGMHI aims to strategically enhance mental health care in Africa and the diaspora across four key domains: education, research, services, and policy.