Access to medical services are a priority for the treatment of mental illness in Benin
Published on
10 October 2023
For more than twenty years, the Saint-Camille-de-Lellis Association has been filling the gap created by a lack of care for people with mental illnesses in West Africa. Established in 1991 in Côte d’Ivoire, the charitable organization extended its services to Benin and then to Togo in 2004.
We would like to highlight the association’s ongoing commitment to making consultation centres and medication accessible both financially and geographically.
In Africa, those suffering from mental illness are considered possessed, struck by the curse of the sorcerer, and everyone is afraid of them. It is therefore not uncommon for their families, who feel helpless, to resort to restraining them with chains around tree trunks.
Grégoire Ahongbonon
Founder of the Saint Camille de Lellis association
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