Funding and Collaborations

Current Donors

Grand Challenges Canada (IDRC)
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) USA
International Development Research Centre (IDRC) Canada
The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)

Past Donors

World Health Organization (WHO)
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UONDC)

International Collaborators

USA

1. The Global Mental Health Program (GMHP), Columbia University, New York - A 5-year MOU for collaboration in the development of research training in culture and mental health
2. New York University School of Medicine/ Institute for Healthcare Improvement –IHI Funded by Sanofi, the software tools, skills, and web-supported collaborative architecture - Collaborate with the Institute of Healthcare Improvement (IHI) on an introductory course to Quality Improvement (QI) by building a network and infrastructure that can support application of QI methods to mental health capacity integration and scale
3. Washington University at Missouri - Collaboration on the study: Identification of Psychosis-Risk Traits in Africa. Funded by: National Institutes of Health (NIH – R21 grant)- R01 grant has been submitted in follow-up of the R21
4. University of Vermont - CO-PI in a study titled “Mobile Substance Use Intervention for HIV Prevention” Funded by: The National Institutes of Health (NIH – R21 grant)
5. Georgetown University - Conducting a study titled – “Social Experiences of Depression and Type 2 Diabetes in Nairobi, Kenya: A Qualitative and Survey Study”.

Canada

1. University of Toronto – KIDS project funded by Grand Challenges Canada
2. University of British Columbia - e-Data K project funded by Grand Challenges Canada
3. Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry - Western University - Rising Stars grant on: Social Enterprises: Working Together Towards Recovery from Serious Mental Illness; funded by Grand Challenges Canada

Germany

1. University of Konstanz - A study titled “Sustainable and Adapted Treatment Strategies to Restore Psychological Functioning and Mental Health among Displaced Somalis: Preparation of a Multicenter Treatment Study“. Funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)

Australia

1. Deakin University, Australia - Study on mental health care in Kenya: investigating strategies for capacity building in primary health care settings.

UK

1. London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine- Setting up a hub for mental Health in Africa