Table 1 Overview of the presence of a mental health plan, a physical health component/policy and metabolic screening research results in sub-Saharan African countries (n = 48)

Angola (2011)

Yes

No

0/9

Benin (2014)

No

–

0/58

Botswana (2014)

Yes

No

0/37

Burkina Faso (2014)

Yes

No

0/19

Burundi (2014)

Yes

Yes

0/14

Cameroon (2011)

No

–

0/48

Cape Verde (2011)

Yes

No

0/6

Central African Republic (2014)

Yes

No

0/4

Chad (2011)

Yes

NA

0/36

Comoros (2011)

Yes

NA

0/5

Congo (2014)

No

–

0/70

Côte d’Ivoire (2014)

Yes

No

0/21

Democratic Rep. of the Congo (2011)

Yes

No

0/30

Djibouti (2014)

No

–

0/6

Equatorial Guinea (2014)

No

–

0/0

Eritrea (2011)

No

–

0/17

Ethiopia (2014)

Yes

Yes

0/238

Gabon (2011)

No

–

0/1

Gambia (2014)

Yes

No

0/19

Ghana (2014)

Yes

Yes

1/121

Guinea (2014)

Yes

NA

0/3161

Guinea-Bissau (2011)

No

–

0/2

Kenya (2011)

Yes

No

1/180

Lesotho (2014)

No

–

0/6

Liberia (2014)

Yes

No

0/10

Madagascar (2014)

Yes

No

0/12

Malawi (2014)

Yes

No

0/46

Mauritania (2011)

Yes

NA

0/7

Mauritius (2014)

No

–

0/16

Mozambique (2014)

Yes

No

0/12

Namibia (2014)

Yes

No

0/12

Niger (2011)

Yes

NA

0/90

Nigeria (2014)

Yes

Yes

0/816

Rwanda (2014)

Yes

No

0/56

São Tomé and Príncipe (2014)

Yes

NA

0/0

Senegal (2014)

No

–

0/46

Seychelles (2014)

No

–

0/8

Sierra Leone (2014)

Yes

No

0/14

Somalia (2014)

No

–

0/50

South-Africa (2014)

Yes

Yes

3/1505

South-Sudan (2014)

No

–

0/7

Sudan (2011)

Yes

Not checked^a

0/86

Swaziland (2014)

No

–

0/12

Togo (2014)

Yes

NA

0/54

Uganda (2014)

Yes

No

0/266

United Republic of Tanzania (2011)

Yes

NA

0/116

Zambia (2014)

Yes

Yes

0/41

Zimbabwe (2014)

Yes

NA

0/99

Summary

69% (33/48) has an official mental health policy

27% (6/22) described a physical health component/policy

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