COVID-19 mental health and psychosocial support homecare kit training for district health officers. Vientiane, June 2021. @WHO/Vannaseng InsalFor Dr Maniphone Vongphathep, a health worker at Hadsayfong district hospital in Vientiane, capital of the People’s Democratic Republic of Lao (Lao PDR), mental health is essential to overall health and well-being.
She has noticed an increasing trend of distressed and stressed people in the community as a result of the socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.“I think it is important that we provide mental health care to people in the community.
Many people in our community or even worldwide are going through the same difficulties,” she says.Dr Vongphathep and other staff at the hospital have