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I’ve been asking myself a lot of questions lately regarding illnesses that do not kill but affect one’s personality’. Do we African’s really know how to detect these diseases early enough? Do all of us know them in the first place? Are the systems to handle them put in place in all our countries? Do we know how to detect, treat, live with or help those affected? I am asking this because the number of mentally ill people roaming the cities without care in Africa is disturbing..
For example, do parents and teachers have the ability to recognize a child with ‘attention disorder’ or who is ‘hyperactive’? ‘Or perhaps such a child ends up being rebuked, mistreated or even get punished everyday? Where is this education available in our countries? Is it in our school curriculum? or in the mainstream media? Where is it provided? Or must each one of us have a teacher-friend, a brother or a relative who knows the condition before we are able to act?
Afrika Digest 