Information systems for mental health in six low and middle income countries: cross country situation analysis

Table 2 Policies and plans related to mental health and HMIS

Themes	Ethiopia	India	Nepal	Nigeria	South Africa	Uganda
Mental health policy or plan	Yes^a	Yes^b	Yes	Yes	Policy drafted	Yes
Provisions for MHIS^c in mental health policy	Yes, but not implemented	Yes	Yes. Plan to maintain record systems	No	Yes. A section on MHIS	Yes
Provisions in mental health policy for social welfare benefits	No	Yes, talks about monetary and tax benefits	No	No	Covered in other health policies	No
General health policies that govern HMIS	5-yearly health plan	National Health Policy 2002 and Draft National Health Policy 2015	National Health Policy and Nepal Health Sector Programme-2	Revised Policy Programme and Strategic Plan	White Paper for the Health System District HMIS policy	Health Policy
General health plans that govern HMIS	Health Sector Development Plan IV (2010/11–2014/2015)	The National Rural Health Mission (2005–2012)	Second Long Term Health Plan1997–2017	National 3-5 year Health Plan	5-year health plan	Health Sector Strategic Plan2010/11–2014/15
Standard operating procedures for mental health	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
Initiatives to develop MHIS	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No

^aEthiopia has a National Mental Health Strategy which is the equivalent of a policy/plan
^bWhen the data for this study was collected between March–May, 2013, there was no mental health policy in India. It was only in October 2014, India released its first mental health policy in which monitoring and evaluation of national mental health programme has been emphasised
^cMental Health Information System

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