Professor of Psychiatry & Global Mental Health The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
*CANCELLED* The Friendship Bench is a brief (low intensity) psychological intervention delivered by trained community grandmothers in Zimbabwe and beyond. It is based on basic principles of CBT. Dixon Chibanda will share how the program has expanded in Zimbabwe and beyond through its' scale strategy The Friendship Bench in a Box- a DIY toolkit that has enabled the program to reach over a million people and has seen replications in the global north.
Learning Objectives:
Non-professionals can be trained to deliver low-intensity interventions.
Research can be used to validate scale strategy.
Community driven initiatives are more likely to be sustainable.
