national health budget

Mental Health For All: Advancing Kenya's Progress Toward SDG 3 And Beyond

Kenya is facing a mental health crisis. An estimated 5–10 million Kenyans—10–20 % of the population—live with mental health conditions such as depression, anxiety, substance-use disorders, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia. Yet mental health services receive less than 0.01 % of the national health budget, far below the World Health Organization’s 5 % recommendation for low-income countries.