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Australian help for mental health services

The Australian government will provide a grant of Rs 35 million to assist the Health Ministry and the Sri Lankan College of Psychiatrists to deliver community based mental health services in the Northern Province over the next 12 months. The programme will be implemented across the Northern Province, with support from World Vision, Australia.

Australia's High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Kathy Klugman said: "This programme is important in Sri Lanka given high levels of mental illnesses across the country, and the impact of the conflict on families in the Northern Province in particular.

We are glad to be able to support the Health Ministry community mental health programmes in the North, as these are an important part of continuing to help people recover in those districts".

Australia's support for this programme began in October 2010, with an initial grant of Rs 50 million to establish the partnership between Health Ministry, College of Psychiatrists and World Vision, Australia. In the initial phase, the programme supported 40 Community Health Extension positions in the North, built 10 community support centres, and assisted in information dissemination to help people access information about mental health and combat stigma.

The initial phase of the programme touched the lives of an estimated 18,000 people across the Northern Province. Building on this achievement, the next phase is expected to assist about 24,000 people.

This partnership is a small but important element of Australia's Rs 4.35 billion development assistance to Sri Lanka in 2011-2012.

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