{"id":1301,"date":"2023-08-11T12:21:07","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T19:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/?post_type=stories&#038;p=1301"},"modified":"2025-06-10T13:55:36","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T20:55:36","slug":"chiwoza-bandawe-quoted-in-the-nation-suicide-cases-rise-in-2023-despite-awareness","status":"publish","type":"stories","link":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/stories\/chiwoza-bandawe-quoted-in-the-nation-suicide-cases-rise-in-2023-despite-awareness\/","title":{"rendered":"Chiwoza Bandawe quoted in The Nation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;We need to invest more and spend more money than the one percent of the national health budget that goes towards mental health\u201d says <a href=\"https:\/\/newvoicesfellows.aspeninstitute.org\/fellow\/chiwoza-bandawe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chiwoza Bandawe<\/a>, a 2020 New Voices Fellow in a recent piece for The Nation. Bandawe, a clinical psychologist, describes the mental health crisis in Malawi as requiring urgent attention.<\/p>\n<p>He specifically notes the need for more qualified personnel since there are currently only five psychiatrists in a\u00a0 country with a population of 20 million.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about Malawi&#8217;s mental health crisis read below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1302,"template":"","publication_category":[46,47],"publication_theme":[57,79,86],"class_list":["post-1301","stories","type-stories","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","publication_category-features","publication_category-mainstream-media","publication_theme-health","publication_theme-healthcare-access","publication_theme-mental-health"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stories\/1301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/stories"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"publication_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication_category?post=1301"},{"taxonomy":"publication_theme","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication_theme?post=1301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}