Welcome to AACAMH
The AACAMH is committed to providing effective leadership for the promotion of child and adolescent mental health on the African continent through concerted collaborative efforts in advocacy, training, scientific study and service development. The AACAMH believes that interventions for child and adolescent mental health in Africa should be holistic, compassionate, evidence-based, and developmentally and culturally-appropriate. We promote the development of national and regional child and adolescent mental health associations in Africa and maintain a coordinating function with respect to such associations, and to promote their interests within the International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions (IACAPAP)
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Our Vision
The vision of the AACAMH is that every child and adolescent on the African continent will enjoy optimal mental health
Our Mission
The AACAMH is committed to providing effective leadership for the promotion of child and adolescent mental health on the African continent through concerted collaborative efforts in advocacy, training, scientific study and service development.
Our Values
The AACAMH believes that interventions for child and adolescent mental health in Africa should be holistic, compassionate, evidence-based, and developmentally and culturally-appropriate. The organisation will conduct its affairs according to the principles of representativeness, transparency and accountability.
Our Objectives
- To promote the development of national and regional child and adolescent mental health associations in Africa
- To maintain a coordinating function with respect to such associations, and to promote their interests within the International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions (IACAPAP)
- To promote the quality improvement of mental health promotion, prevention, care and rehabilitation for children and adolescents in every country on the African continent
- To promote training and scientific study in child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health on the African continent
- To forge partnerships with international organisations involved in promoting child and adolescent mental health
- To continuously identify and develop future leaders in the field of child and adolescent mental health in Africa to carry out the Mission of the AACAMH
- To support the membership and organisation of the AACAMH by means of elected officers who will be responsible for, among others, regular communication, scientific meetings, and general meetings of the membership.