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Fighting the 'funk:' How one Kenyan battles her mental health problems by helping others

March 3, 2015
Medicine

Though there is an increasing need for mental health services in Kenya, the country has only 79 working psychiatrists, according to the African Mental Health Foundation; that’s one for every 500,000 people. One woman is using technology to work around the shortage and bring scant mental health resources to Kenyans.

Fighting the 'funk:' How one Kenyan battles her mental health problems by helping others

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