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The Scotland Malawi Mental Health Education Project (SMMHEP) aims to provide sustainable support for psychiatric teaching and training for health care professionals in Malawi. The project has enjoyed close links with individuals and institutions in Malawi since 2006 and became a registered Scottish Charity in 2008, converting to a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO) in September 2014.

Currently the project delivers the teaching of the psychiatry module to the medical students, supports post graduate psychiatry trainees (Master in Medicine) and delivers training to psychiatry nurses and clinical officers based in Zomba Mental Hospital and Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre. We also help organise the annual Mental Health Conference in Malawi that is attended by delegates from sub Saharan Africa, the UK, Europe and the USA.

The project has received support from the Royal College of Psychiatrists (London and Scotland), the Scottish Government, National Health Service Education Scotland (NES), the Tropical Health Education Trust (THET) and local postgraduate Deaneries and tutors.