During Sierra Leone’s civil war in the 1990’s, child soldiers roamed mutilating and killing their victims. Economic turmoil ensued once the conflict ended, with high unemployment and poverty. And the 2014 outbreak of the Ebola virus left almost 4,000 people dead there.
There are physical scars from the events of those years but also scars that are less visible.
This year President Julius Maada Bio launched a Mental Health Taskforce to address the country’s lack of mental health resources. The initiative is being led by Vice President Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh.
So what is this Taskforce going to do?
Africa Daily’s Alan Kasujja spoke to Vice President Jalloh about his government’s plans.