This is part of a series of guest contributions by authors working for health justice in South Asia. We are pleased to support their work, and encourage our readers to think critically about the connection between our work and theirs.
Mental health has historically been neglected both in the developed and developing world. In Nyaya’s own work, mental health disease has been extremely difficult to address given limited human resources or public health infrastructure.
Nyaya friend and columnist Jagannath Lamichhane recently wrote about the dearth of resources allocated to mental health in Nepal. His article “South Asia needs to root out mental health stigmas” in The Guardian can be found here.
The distribution of public health resources and the development of health systems is a difficult and complex issue. Nyaya applauds Jagannath’s call for better mental health systems and is honored to be working in partnership with the Nepali Ministry of Health and Population to develop better health care for the country.
Jagannath Lamichhane is a mental health rights activist based on Kathmandu. He is a columnist with the Kathmandu Post National English Daily, where he writes fortnightly column “Mental Health and Society”. Jagannath is actively engaged in the Movement for Global Mental Health that advocates for the equitable promotion of mental health in equal footing of physical health around the world.
