A Comparative Analysis of Zambia's Mental Health Legislation and the World Health Organisation's Resource Book on Mental Health, Human Rights and Legislation

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Background: Mental Health Legislation plays an important role in the promotion and protection of rights persons living with mental illness disability. Many Countries are making attempts to bring these legislations line major international guidelines like WHO-RB. Zambia’s Act No.6 2019 challenges community, caregivers, health practitioners policy makers rethink ‘Medical Model’ existing services. Objective: The objective this study was analyse compare WHO-RB.
 Method: This a comparative analysis two documents: WHO-RB, which contains checklist human specifications that expected be met at national level. scrutinized each component on established pertinent areas relate Results: attempted include many legislative issues from WHO-RB checklist. Analysis 27 items showed 44.4% (12/27) were adequately covered, 33.3% (9/27) covered some extent missing problematic clearly outlined for 22.2% (6/27) components not all 2019. related families or other carers, involuntary treatment community setting, police responsibility, housing patients illness, social security vulnerable groups.
 Conclusion: makes contribution legislation Zambia by bringing about promotion, protection, respect dignity illness. However, efforts need made respectively amend completely absent so as produce act is complete inclusive.

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ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: Medical journal of Zambia

سال: 2021

ISSN: ['0047-651X']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.55320/mjz.47.4.130