Dixon Chibanda
Psychiatrist & Public Health Innovator | Improving Mental Health in Africa
About
Dr. Dixon Chibanda is a psychiatrist pioneering new approaches to mental healthcare in Zimbabwe.
As founder of the Friendship Bench program, he has trained over 600 grandmothers to provide evidence-based psychotherapy in their local communities. Chibanda's TEDTalk detailing this innovative model has been viewed over 2 million times, inspiring global adoption of the Friendship Bench.
He currently leads the African Mental Health Research Initiative, working to increase access to mental health services across the continent. Chibanda's keynotes provide a hopeful vision for democratizing mental healthcare through community-based interventions.
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Why I train grandmothers to treat depression
Dixon Chibanda is one of 12 psychiatrists in Zimbabwe -- for a population of more than 16 million. Realizing that his country would never be able to scale traditional methods of treating those with mental health issues, Chibanda helped to develop a beautiful solution powered by a limitless resource: grandmothers. In this extraordinary, inspirational talk, learn more about the friendship bench program, which trains grandmothers in evidence-based talk therapy and brings care, and hope, to those in need.
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Dixon Chibanda at Aspen Ideas Festival 2024
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