{"id":50,"date":"2026-08-31T12:40:56","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T12:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acghm.local\/home\/"},"modified":"2026-11-04T18:17:32","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T15:17:32","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chuss.mak.ac.ug\/acgmhconference2027\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"hero\">\n<div class=\"container hero-content\">\n<h1>Africa at the Centre of <span class=\"text-accent\">Global Mental Health<\/span> Conference 2027<\/h1>\n<p>A landmark international conference bringing together leaders, researchers, policymakers, and innovators to shape the future of mental health in Africa and beyond.<\/p>\n<div class=\"hero-meta\">7th &ndash; 9th April 2027 &bull; Kampala, Uganda<\/div>\n<div class=\"hero-deadline\">Paper Submission Deadline: <b>16th November 2026<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"mt-4\"><span class=\"inline-flex items-center gap-2 rounded-full border border-gold\/60 bg-gold\/15 px-4 py-1.5 text-[14px] font-bold text-gold\"><span class=\"size-2 rounded-full bg-gold\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>12 days left to submit your abstract<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"actions\"><a class=\"btn\" href='https:\/\/chuss.mak.ac.ug\/acgmhconference2027\/abstracts\/'>Submit an Abstract<\/a><a class=\"btn alt\" href='https:\/\/chuss.mak.ac.ug\/acgmhconference2027\/sponsor\/'>Partner With Us<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n    <section class=\"host\" aria-labelledby=\"host-heading\">\n        <div class=\"host-panel\">\n            <div>\n                <h2 id=\"host-heading\">Proudly hosted by CHUSS<\/h2>\n                <div class=\"host-row\">\n                    <p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/chuss.mak.ac.ug\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHUSS) at Makerere University<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in a new tab)<\/span><\/a> hosts ACGMHC 2027, bringing together researchers, practitioners, policymakers and communities from across Africa and the world.<\/p>\n                    <div class=\"host-theme\">\n                        <div class=\"eyebrow\">Conference theme<\/div>\n                        <div class=\"host-theme-title\">&ldquo;African Solutions for Africa&rsquo;s Mental Health problems&rdquo;<\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"actions\"><a class=\"btn\" href=\"https:\/\/chuss.mak.ac.ug\/acgmhconference2027\/register\/\">Register Now <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" class=\"icon icon-arrow-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M5 12h14\"\/><path d=\"m12 5 7 7-7 7\"\/><\/svg><\/a><a class=\"btn alt\" href=\"https:\/\/chuss.mak.ac.ug\/acgmhconference2027\/contact\/\">Contact the Secretariat <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" 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class=\"date-tile-date\" datetime=\"2026-11-16\">\n                    <span class=\"date-tile-day\">16<\/span>\n                    <span class=\"date-tile-month\">Nov 2026<\/span>\n                <\/time>\n                <div class=\"date-tile-label\">Submission deadline<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"date-tile\">\n                <time class=\"date-tile-date\" datetime=\"2027-04-05\">\n                    <span class=\"date-tile-day\">5&ndash;6<\/span>\n                    <span class=\"date-tile-month\">Apr 2027<\/span>\n                <\/time>\n                <div class=\"date-tile-label\">Pre-conference workshops<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"date-tile\">\n                <time class=\"date-tile-date\" datetime=\"2027-04-07\">\n                    <span class=\"date-tile-day\">7&ndash;9<\/span>\n                    <span class=\"date-tile-month\">Apr 2027<\/span>\n                <\/time>\n                <div class=\"date-tile-label\">Conference<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"section-head\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"eyebrow\">Why this matters<\/div>\n<h2>Mental Health Cannot Wait<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"stat-figures\">\n<div class=\"stat-figure\">\n<div class=\"stat-figure-pre\">Approximately<\/div>\n<div class=\"stat-figure-value\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\">150M<\/span><span class=\"sr-only\">150 million<\/span><\/div>\n<p>people in Africa live with mental health conditions<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"stat-figure\">\n<div class=\"stat-figure-pre\">Fewer than<\/div>\n<div class=\"stat-figure-value\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\">1 in 10<\/span><span class=\"sr-only\">1 in 10<\/span><\/div>\n<p>receive adequate care<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cards\">\n<div class=\"card card-feature bg-green\/[0.06]\">\n<div class=\"card-illustration\"><img src=\"https:\/\/chuss.mak.ac.ug\/acgmhconference2027\/wp-content\/themes\/acgmhc-v1\/assets\/img\/pillar-1.webp?v=1793803293\" alt=\"\" width=\"518\" height=\"300\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"number\" aria-hidden=\"true\">01<\/div>\n<h3>Public Health Systems<\/h3>\n<p>Reimagining health systems to integrate mental wellness at the primary care level.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card card-feature bg-gold\/[0.16]\">\n<div class=\"card-illustration\"><img src=\"https:\/\/chuss.mak.ac.ug\/acgmhconference2027\/wp-content\/themes\/acgmhc-v1\/assets\/img\/pillar-2.webp?v=1793803293\" alt=\"\" width=\"340\" height=\"300\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"number\" aria-hidden=\"true\">02<\/div>\n<h3>Policy Agendas<\/h3>\n<p>Influencing continental and global frameworks to prioritize mental health equity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card card-feature bg-red\/[0.05]\">\n<div class=\"card-illustration\"><img src=\"https:\/\/chuss.mak.ac.ug\/acgmhconference2027\/wp-content\/themes\/acgmhc-v1\/assets\/img\/pillar-3.webp?v=1793803293\" alt=\"\" width=\"428\" height=\"300\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"number\" aria-hidden=\"true\">03<\/div>\n<h3>Investment Priorities<\/h3>\n<p>Mobilizing resources from public and private sectors for scalable interventions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"vision\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 bg-dark py-16 text-white sm:py-24\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"eyebrow text-gold\">Our vision<\/div>\n<p class=\"m-0 max-w-[1040px] font-heading text-[length:clamp(28px,3.6vw,46px)] leading-[1.12] tracking-[-0.03em] text-white\">To reposition Africa not as a passive recipient of global mental health knowledge, but as <span class=\"text-gold\">a leader<\/span> in generating scalable, community-driven and contextually grounded solutions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-10 mb-6 max-w-[640px] text-[17px] text-white\/75\">The conference seeks to shift global mental health conversations from extractive models toward:<\/p>\n<ol class=\"m-0 grid list-none gap-8 p-0 sm:grid-cols-2 md:grid-cols-4\">\n<li class=\"border-t border-white\/20 pt-5\"><span class=\"block font-heading text-[40px] leading-none text-gold\">01<\/span><span class=\"mt-3 block font-heading text-[22px] leading-[1.2] text-white\">African-led knowledge production<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"border-t border-white\/20 pt-5\"><span class=\"block font-heading text-[40px] leading-none text-gold\">02<\/span><span class=\"mt-3 block font-heading text-[22px] leading-[1.2] text-white\">Community-driven implementation<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"border-t border-white\/20 pt-5\"><span class=\"block font-heading text-[40px] leading-none text-gold\">03<\/span><span class=\"mt-3 block font-heading text-[22px] leading-[1.2] text-white\">Equitable partnerships<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"border-t border-white\/20 pt-5\"><span class=\"block font-heading text-[40px] leading-none text-gold\">04<\/span><span class=\"mt-3 block font-heading text-[22px] leading-[1.2] text-white\">Sustainable systems transformation<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"section alt\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"section-head\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"eyebrow\">Conference themes<\/div>\n<h2>Three Big Questions.<br \/>Thirty Areas of Action.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"section-intro\">The conference consolidates its vision into three major themes: equitable systems, African-led innovation, and culture, resilience and social healing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion\">\n<details class=\"accordion-item\" name=\"themes\" open>\n<summary><span class=\"accordion-label\">01 \u00b7 Equity<\/span><span class=\"accordion-title\">Strengthening Equitable and Community-Based Systems<\/span><span class=\"accordion-desc\">Access, workforce, financing, policy, primary healthcare, humanitarian mental health and systems strengthening.<\/span><\/summary>\n<div class=\"accordion-panel\">\n<p class=\"accordion-question\">What if mental health care started in the community, not the hospital?<\/p>\n<p>Fewer than one in ten people who need care receive it. This theme asks how care can reach people where they already are: in clinics, classrooms, workplaces, camps and villages.<\/p>\n<p>African communities already hold strong bonds of care. Come and see how they are being built into health systems that are fairer, closer to home and made to last.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"accordion-link\" href='https:\/\/chuss.mak.ac.ug\/acgmhconference2027\/themes\/#equity'>Explore this theme &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details class=\"accordion-item\" name=\"themes\">\n<summary><span class=\"accordion-label\">02 \u00b7 Innovation<\/span><span class=\"accordion-title\">Innovation, Technology and African-Led Solutions<\/span><span class=\"accordion-desc\">Digital mental health, AI, implementation science, research, data and scalable models.<\/span><\/summary>\n<div class=\"accordion-panel\">\n<p class=\"accordion-question\">What if the next breakthrough in mental health came from Africa?<\/p>\n<p>Digital tools, AI and new research are changing how care is delivered, yet too many people are still left out. This theme asks how African-led ideas can reach the people that systems have missed.<\/p>\n<p>Africa is not only receiving solutions from elsewhere. Explore the homegrown, scalable models that could travel the world.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"accordion-link\" href='https:\/\/chuss.mak.ac.ug\/acgmhconference2027\/themes\/#innovation'>Explore this theme &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details class=\"accordion-item\" name=\"themes\">\n<summary><span class=\"accordion-label\">03 \u00b7 Resilience<\/span><span class=\"accordion-title\">Culture, Resilience and Social Healing<\/span><span class=\"accordion-desc\">Belonging, cultural identity, trauma, spirituality, arts and collective healing.<\/span><\/summary>\n<div class=\"accordion-panel\">\n<p class=\"accordion-question\">What can we learn from how communities heal together?<\/p>\n<p>Across Africa, families and communities face trauma, loss and change and still hold on to belonging and hope. This theme looks at how culture, faith, arts and togetherness support recovery.<\/p>\n<p>Discover the African ways of caring, from collective healing to shared identity, that deserve a central place in mental health care.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"accordion-link\" href='https:\/\/chuss.mak.ac.ug\/acgmhconference2027\/themes\/#resilience'>Explore this theme &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mt-7\"><a class=\"btn\" href='https:\/\/chuss.mak.ac.ug\/acgmhconference2027\/themes\/'>Explore Conference Themes<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"section-head\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"eyebrow\">Who should attend<\/div>\n<h2>A truly cross-sector gathering.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"section-intro\">Join 500+ delegates expected from across Africa and the world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"audience-lanes\">\n<div class=\"audience-lane\">\n<div class=\"audience-photo\"><img src=\"https:\/\/chuss.mak.ac.ug\/acgmhconference2027\/wp-content\/themes\/acgmhc-v1\/assets\/img\/lane-work.webp?v=1793803293\" alt=\"Delegates seated in a packed conference hall, listening to a presentation\" width=\"900\" height=\"450\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/div>\n<h3>Bring Your Work<\/h3>\n<p>Share your research, practice and lived experience with a continental audience.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Researchers &amp; academics<\/li>\n<li>Students &amp; trainees<\/li>\n<li>Mental health practitioners<\/li>\n<li>Psychologists &amp; psychiatrists<\/li>\n<li>Counsellors &amp; social workers<\/li>\n<li>Peer supporters &amp; lay counsellors<\/li>\n<li>Service users &amp; advocates<\/li>\n<li>Youth leaders<\/li>\n<li>Community organisations<\/li>\n<li>Digital innovators<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"audience-lane\">\n<div class=\"audience-photo\"><img src=\"https:\/\/chuss.mak.ac.ug\/acgmhconference2027\/wp-content\/themes\/acgmhc-v1\/assets\/img\/lane-support.webp?v=1793803293\" alt=\"Makerere University Main Building and clock tower\" width=\"900\" height=\"450\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/div>\n<h3>Bring Your Support<\/h3>\n<p>Help turn evidence into policy, partnerships and lasting investment.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Government ministries &amp; policymakers<\/li>\n<li>NGOs &amp; implementation partners<\/li>\n<li>Funders &amp; development partners<\/li>\n<li>Humanitarian &amp; refugee responders<\/li>\n<li>Faith &amp; cultural leaders<\/li>\n<li>Private sector<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"section alt\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"section-head\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"eyebrow\">Coming from abroad?<\/div>\n<h2>Plan Your Trip<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"section-intro\">Visa support, an official travel partner and practical guidance for getting to Kampala.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cards\">\n<div class=\"card\"><span class=\"flex size-11 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-green\/10 text-green [&#038;_svg]:size-5\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" class=\"icon icon-file-text\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M15 2H6a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v16a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h12a2 2 0 0 0 2-2V7Z\"\/><path d=\"M14 2v4a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h4\"\/><path d=\"M10 9H8\"\/><path d=\"M16 13H8\"\/><path d=\"M16 17H8\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mt-5\">Visa invitation letters<\/h3>\n<p>Registered and confirmed participants receive an official invitation letter to support their visa application.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"accordion-link\" href='https:\/\/chuss.mak.ac.ug\/acgmhconference2027\/travel\/#getting-here'>Visa guidance &rarr;<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"card\"><span class=\"flex size-11 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-green\/10 text-green [&#038;_svg]:size-5\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" class=\"icon icon-handshake\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"m11 17 2 2a1 1 0 1 0 3-3\"\/><path d=\"m14 14 2.5 2.5a1 1 0 1 0 3-3l-3.88-3.88a3 3 0 0 0-4.24 0l-.88.88a1 1 0 1 1-3-3l2.81-2.81a5.79 5.79 0 0 1 7.06-.87l.47.28a2 2 0 0 0 1.42.25L21 4\"\/><path d=\"m21 3 1 11h-2\"\/><path d=\"M3 3 2 14l6.5 6.5a1 1 0 1 0 3-3\"\/><path d=\"M3 4h8\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mt-5\">Our travel partner<\/h3>\n<p>Ever Based Tours &amp; Travel can help with flights, airport transfers, accommodation and tours.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"accordion-link\" href='https:\/\/chuss.mak.ac.ug\/acgmhconference2027\/travel\/#partner'>Partner details &rarr;<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"card\"><span class=\"flex size-11 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-green\/10 text-green [&#038;_svg]:size-5\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" class=\"icon icon-plane\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M17.8 19.2 16 11l3.5-3.5C21 6 21.5 4 21 3c-1-.5-3 0-4.5 1.5L13 8 4.8 6.2c-.5-.1-.9.1-1.1.5l-.3.5c-.2.5-.1 1 .3 1.3L9 12l-2 3H4l-1 1 3 2 2 3 1-1v-3l3-2 3.5 5.3c.3.4.8.5 1.3.3l.5-.2c.4-.3.6-.7.5-1.2z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mt-5\">Getting to Kampala<\/h3>\n<p>Fly into Entebbe International Airport, about 1&ndash;1.5 hours by road from Makerere University.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"accordion-link\" href='https:\/\/chuss.mak.ac.ug\/acgmhconference2027\/travel\/'>Travel information &rarr;<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"cta\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"section-head\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"eyebrow\">Be part of the turning point<\/div>\n<h2>Evidence meets the will to act.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"section-intro\">Join us in Kampala as a participant, presenter, partner, donor, policymaker, researcher, practitioner or community voice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"actions\"><a class=\"btn\" href='https:\/\/chuss.mak.ac.ug\/acgmhconference2027\/abstracts\/#submit'>Submit an Abstract<\/a><a class=\"btn alt\" href='https:\/\/chuss.mak.ac.ug\/acgmhconference2027\/sponsor\/'>Become a Partner<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa at the Centre of Global Mental Health Conference 2027 A landmark international conference bringing together leaders, researchers, policymakers, and innovators to shape the future of mental health in Africa and beyond. &bull; 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