Belize’s Mental Health Conversation Shifts From Awareness to Access

Earlier this week, Belize joined other countries in observing World Mental Health Day.  This year, there is a notable shift in the conversation as it moves beyond awareness and toward the question whether people living with mental-health challenges are being heard. In Belize, those voices are pointing to gaps in care, growing concerns among young people, and the need for mental health to be treated as an essential part of the health system. Zayna Augustine reports.

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