Focus on mental health

Nepal has less than one mental health worker for every 100,000 people.

Mental health is a basic human right. It emphasises the right to be protected from mental health risks by having accessible, acceptable and quality care and being included in society. Mental health is more than the absence of mental disorders as it is the ability to live with financial and emotional stability and integrity. The World Health Organisation describes mental health as a “state of well-being in which the individual realises his or her capabilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully and can contribute to his or her community.”