ABSTRACT

This chapter explores the impact of mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) in selected sub-Saharan countries. Concerns have risen in Sub-Saharan countries related to their capacity to identify behaviors congruent with a universal definition of mental illness related to the mental health and psychosocial support consequence of the pandemic. This is a report of the findings from 62 Zoom calls conducted between July to December 2020.