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Esther Tumbare discusses how Friendship Bench is addressing Africa's mental health crisis through community-based solutions.

Episode 229 with Esther Tumbare, Chief Executive Officer of Friendship Bench, a pioneering Zimbabwean organisation transforming access to mental healthcare through community based solutions that have reached hundreds of thousands of people and expanded across multiple countries. Esther leads Friendship Bench's efforts to scale one of Africa's most recognised healthcare innovations while working closely with governments, public health systems, and community health workers to make mental healt...

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Host: Terser Adamu

Guest: Esther Tumbare

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Organizations: Friendship Bench

Places: Zimbabwe

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