SMART Africa Kenya participants gather for 8th-week assessments following a Multiple Family Group session
The Queen Mother of Buganda, Sylvia Nagginda, addressing attendees at the 4th Annual Conference on Child Behavioral Health in Sub-Saharan Africa in Masaka, Uganda
SMART Africa Director Professor Fred Ssewamala, meeting with Uganda Speaker of Parliament Hon. Rebecca Kadaga to present SMART Africa’s work and its policy briefs on child and adolescent mental health
Dr. Abel Mwebembezi, Dr. Fred Ssewamala, and Dean Mary McKay thanking First Lady Hon. Janet Kataaha Museveni for her keynote speech at the 1st Annual Conference on Child Behavioral Health in Sub-Saharan Africa, Sheraton Hotel, Kampala, Uganda
SMART Africa colleagues, led by Dr. Beverly Pringle, Director of the Center for Global Mental Health Research at the National Institute of Mental Health, touring Kampiringisa National Rehabilitation Center in Mpigi District, Uganda
Mr. Peter Yaro, Executive Director of Basic Needs-Ghana, welcoming head teachers, school health education program coordinators, special education development coordinators, guidance and counseling coordinators, PTA chairpersons, and Tamale Metropolitan Deputy Director of Education to the Dang-Malgu Family Program consultation meeting held in March, 2018 in Tamale, Ghana
Global Child Health Fellows meeting with Dr. Ishmael Amarreh from the National Institute of Mental Health during the 2nd Annual Conference on Child Behavioral Health in Sub-Saharan Africa, held at Sheraton Hotel in Kampala
New Book from ICHAD/SMART Africa Teams is Published!
In their recently edited textbook, Fred Ssewamala, Ozge Sensoy Bahar, and Mary McKay, in collaboration with several authors from Sub-Saharan Africa examine an evidence-based, culturally appropriate child and adolescent behavioral health research from Sub-Saharan Africa.
If you would like to purchase a copy of Child Behavioral Health in Sub-Saharan Africa, visit Springer for a 20% discount! Enter code Dd027YOAY4NNCX / Valid Feb 16, 2022 – Mar 16, 2022
Our Mission
Funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, the SMART Africa Center (Strengthening Mental health And Research Training) is an African regional trans-disciplinary collaborative center aimed at reducing gaps in child and adolescent mental health services and research in Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, and Uganda through a population approach to child mental health.
SMART Africa Center strives to reduce gaps in child and adolescent mental health services and research in SSA through a population approach to child mental health.
Housed within the Brown School, SMART Africa builds upon the expertise of strong partners across Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, Uganda, and the United States.