Rebecca Cherop – Uganda

Rebecca is a Global Mental Health researcher and lived experience advisor and has worked with Wellcome Trust, MQ Mental Health Research, and the Lancet Commission on Global Mental Health and Sustainable Development.

Rebecca currently serves as a board member at the Inaugural Africa CDC Youth Advisory Team for Health. Through this position, Rebecca is a representative of the African youth and ensures that Africa CDC’s strategies and initiatives are inclusive and adequately address young people’s health concerns across the continent.

She is also an Alumni of the prestigious Centre for Mental Health and Law India and is actively advocating for increased access to quality mental healthcare for children and youths in Uganda and beyond through her non-profit ‘The Semicolon Nation’.

She has authored several articles and scientific papers published by global health organizations and sits on the Global Mental Health Peer Network Executive Committee.