Dixon Chibanda, MD, is the author of The Friendship Bench: How Fourteen Grandmothers Inspired a Mental Health Revolution. He is a professor of psychiatry at the University of Zimbabwe and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and director of the African Mental Health Research Initiative (AMARI). His “Why I Train Grandmothers to Treat Depression,” TED talk has been viewed over 3.2 million times and the Friendship Bench project he founded has been featured in major media like The PBS News Hour, New York Times, LA Times, BBC World Service, and more. Visit him online at http://www.friendshipbench.org.
One psychiatrist and 14 grandmothers in Zimbabwe access a vital, untapped resource for providing mental health support. Read more
