News & Events
The latest news from the AGMHI.
Webinar: Impact of COVID-19 on Schools and Children's Mental Health
An interactive webinar presented by Shantel Hawkins, Dr. Jace Pillay, Rachel Makoni, and Dr. Lovern R. Moseley, and facilitated by Drs. Bonga Chiliza and Michelle P. Durham.
Webinar: Mental Health of Journalists Reporting on Racism during COVID-19 and BLM
An interactive webinar presented by Carlos Barria and Bakari K. Savage, and facilitated by Drs. Bonga Chiliza and Michelle P. Durham.
Global Mental Health & Psychiatry Review, Vol. 1 No. 3, Autumn 2020
COVID-19 and Mental Health Consequences in South Africa
Webinar: Mental Health of Healthcare Workers in the Context of COVID-19
An interactive webinar presented by Cassey Chambers, Dr. Noeline Nakasujja, and Dr. Roopa Mathur, and facilitated by Drs. Bonga Chiliza and Michelle P. Durham.
Webinar: Black Lives Matter - Racism and Mental Health in the Context of COVID-19
An interactive webinar presented by Drs. Lukoye Atwoli, Pamela Collins, and Anusha Lachman, and facilitated by Drs. Bonga Chiliza and Michelle P. Durham.
AGMHI Keynote Speaker Dr. Salome Maswime profiled in The Lancet
Salome Maswime: dynamic leader in global surgery
Webinar: COVID-19 & Mental Health Care in Resource-Constrained Settings
An interactive webinar presented by Drs. Dickens Akena, Qhama Cossie, Benjamin Harris, and Denese Shervington, and facilitated by Drs. Bonga Chiliza and Michelle P. Durham.
Webinar: COVID-19 & Mental Health Care Delivery
An interactive webinar presented by Drs. Hannah E. Brown, Kevin Donnelly-Boylen, and Alison M. Duncan, and David C. Henderson, and facilitated by Drs. Bonga Chiliza and Michelle P. Durham.
Mental health in Africa amid pandemic
Experts from Kenya and South Africa discuss the poverty, inequities, social factors, and shortage of medical personnel that hamper treatment efforts.
AGMHI highlighted in South African Psychiatry February 2020 Newsletter
This conference reinforced that possibilities are infinite when working in collaboration with the common goal to drastically improve the state of mental health in Africa.
Psychiatry Research Week, 3-8 February 2020
On February 3-8, 2020, the University of KwaZulu Natal (UKZN) Department of Psychiatry, in partnership with the AGMHI, hosted a week-long research training for postgraduate students and registrars.
AGMHI highlighted in UKZN's 2019 DOPE Magazine
3rd African Diaspora Global Mental Health Conference in Cape Town, South Africa
Increasing capacity, inclusivity and translation of psychiatric research and care
The Journal of Global Health, 20 October 2019
3rd African Diaspora Global Mental Health Conference
The 3rd African Diaspora Global Mental Health Conference took place in Cape Town, South Africa on 18-19 September 2019 at Century City Conference Centre. It was hosted by Boston Medical Center (BMC)/Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN).
2nd African Diaspora Global Mental Health Conference
The 2nd African Diaspora Global Mental Health Conference was held in Cape Town in November of 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.
1st African Diaspora Conference
In the proceedings from this landmark conference, you will find a host of rich discussions ranging from the psychological effects of colonialism to socioeconomic disparities in mental health care.