{"id":2579,"date":"2025-06-25T13:50:52","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/being-initiative.org\/?post_type=innovation&#038;p=2579"},"modified":"2025-06-25T14:02:36","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T18:02:36","slug":"advancingmentalhealthintanzania","status":"publish","type":"innovation","link":"https:\/\/being-initiative.org\/fr\/innovations\/advancingmentalhealthintanzania\/","title":{"rendered":"Advancing Mental Health in Tanzania: The Being Initiative for Sustainable Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/being-initiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/DSC00805-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/being-initiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/DSC00805-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/being-initiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/DSC00805-1-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/being-initiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/DSC00805-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/being-initiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/DSC00805-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/being-initiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/DSC00805-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/being-initiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/DSC00805-1-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo Credit: <strong><strong>Africa Academy for Public Health <\/strong>(AAPH)<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<div id=\"ql-bg-container-block_72c6367b621e8d6ae4b15f6cd7ce1445\" class=\"acf-block ql-bg-container bg-white\"><div class=\"ql-bg-container-inner\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Organisation de mise en \u0153uvre :<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aaph.or.tz\/\">Africa Academy for Public Health<\/a><strong> <\/strong>(AAPH)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Type de projet :<\/strong> Ecosystem Catalyst Grant<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lieu : <\/strong>Tanzanie<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"353\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/being-initiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/AAPHlogo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2582\" style=\"width:212px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/being-initiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/AAPHlogo.png 353w, https:\/\/being-initiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/AAPHlogo-18x6.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 353px) 100vw, 353px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:23px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Nos <a href=\"https:\/\/being-initiative.org\/fr\/ecosystem-building\/\">Ecosystem Catalyst (EC) Grants<\/a> help scale youth-led ideas, remove barriers to mental health prevention and promotion support, and test how youth-led innovation can work within and improve existing systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-ecosystem-building-in-tanzania\"><strong>Ecosystem Building in Tanzania<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The first national mental health strategic plan in Tanzania will launch in 2025. The government has increased resource allocation to the Ministry of Health, signalling a growing commitment to mental health promotion and prevention. A coordinated, inclusive approach involving local experts, youth, and people with lived experience is needed to ensure youth mental health is a core priority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-ecosystem-catalyst-project\"><strong>The Ecosystem Catalyst Project<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>La <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aaph.or.tz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Africa Academy for Public Health<\/strong><\/a><strong> (AAPH)<\/strong> will lead ecosystem-building efforts in Tanzania, focusing on improving national coordination and advocacy around developing sustainable financing and implementing the new mental health strategic plan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AAPH will leverage existing networks and infrastructure to address systemic barriers, promote cross-sector integration of mental health, and generate local demand for youth-centred mental health innovations. As part of this EC project, AAPH will pursue three main objectives:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Strengthen leadership, governance, and coordination and <\/strong>engage funders, stakeholders, youth, and people with lived experience.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Improve planning, financing, and resource mobilization<\/strong> through a national mental health resource mapping and advocate for increased government funding and public-private partnerships.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Enhance mental health information and innovation<\/strong> by raising awareness of and aligning high-potential innovations funded by Being with national priorities to drive interest among public and private sector stakeholders.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>By improving coordination and advocacy at the national level, AAPH aims to support the successful rollout and sustainability of Tanzania\u2019s mental health strategic plan, leading to better-integrated services, increased funding, and expanded uptake of youth mental health innovations.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"ql-button-block_cbe1adc29831e9e0feb1afc173342a38\" class=\"acf-block ql-button button-left\"><a class=\"ql-button-link\" href=\"https:\/\/aaph.or.tz\/\" target=\"_blank\">Learn more about AAPH&#8217;s work!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"template":"","innovation_country":[48],"innovation_project_type":[87],"driver":[],"thematic-area":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2579","1":"innovation","2":"type-innovation","3":"status-publish","5":"innovation_country-tanzania","6":"innovation_project_type-ecosystem-catalyst-grant","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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