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How Athens County is using ‘friendship benches’ to address a growing public health concern
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JUNE 30, 2020
The 'Grandma benches of Zimbabwe'
After years of economic turmoil, unemployment and HIV...
KINGS COLLEGE LND.
MAY 27, 2020
Anxiety needs global health attention. This is the first report of this finding from a low income country.
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ALJAZEERA
MAY 31, 2020
The Friendship Bench programme aims to tackle depression and anxiety during the pandemic.
BBC WORLD SERVICE
MAY 28, 2020
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JANUARY 23, 2019
How Zimbabwe's grandmothers are turning the tide on mental health- World Economic Forum 2019
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FEBRUARY 11, 2019
Davos 2019, training grandmothers to treat depression in Zimbabwe, Dr. Dixon Chibanda
Fast Company
APRIL 5, 2019
How a wooden bench in Zimbabwe is starting a revolution in mental health
BBC World Service
OCTOBER 11, 2019
Dixon Chibanda: How Can A Team Of Grandmothers Make Therapy Accessible To All?
Alan J Flisher Memorial Lecture
NOVEMBER 5 , 2019
The Journey of the Friendship Bench - A move from research to implementation by Dixon Chibanda.
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Bloomberg - VIDEO
JANUARY 23, 2019
Grandmas to be therapists using a locally-built wooden chair. Welcome to the Friendship Bench
Borgen Project
MARCH 8, 2019
Mental health is something that is often easy to overlook, especially if you come from a low-income...
The Guardian
APRIL 30, 2019
Busting the myth that depression doesn't affect people in poor countries
weforum.org
FEBRUARY 7, 2019
In Zimbabwe, the term for depression is kufungisisa, which translates to “thinking too much.”
The Economist
MARCH 16, 2019
What disease reveals about mental health care; Talk is cheep.
Oxfam Blogs
MAY 23, 2019
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OCTOBER 24, 2018
A “Friendship Bench” in Zimbabwe is changing the way we think—and talk—about depression
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APRIL 14, 2017
Harare's park bench grandmas: 'I speak to them and feel a load is lifted off my heart'
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