ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2022
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. Over 31,000 young leaders on 2,400+ campuses across 140+ nations applied to join the Class of 2022. 200+ campuses worldwide (just 8%) were selected to host the 3,000+ Millennium Fellows.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT ABIGAIL NJERI KAMAU, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2022.
University of Nairobi CHS | Nairobi, Kenya | Advancing SDG 3 & UNAI 2
" "There is no health without mental health" -Vikram Patel. I like this quote because it's simple and shows the importance of mental health in the overall health of an individual. By being part of the Millennium Fellowship, I will be able to attain skills needed to carry out my project, and utilize the resources available to ensure that there is a safer space for mental health issues. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Imara Afya
Imara Afya is a social project that aims to positively impact the mental health field within Kenya by using the skills that medical students and staff employ to improve this area in Kenya. WHO defines health as ‘A state of complete physical, mental and social, well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.’ In Kenya, our physical health care has advanced greatly but there is still plenty of room for improvement in mental health and care. Given the fact that mental health is still a big taboo that is either not taken seriously, or not talked about at all, there is still a long way to go in this aspect. Therefore, through this project, we want to decrease the stigma and improve access to suitable and affordable health care so that regular Kenyans, within Nairobi and eventually to rural areas, can view mental health as something that is affordable and something that someone can recover from easily. With this project, I believe that the overall health care within Kenya will be better in terms of wholistic access to treatment and through this we will be one step closer towards catching up on a global scale when it comes to health care.
About the Millennium Fellow
Abigail Njeri Kamau is an optimistic and determined medical student at the University of Nairobi, Kenya, where she also lives.
Abigail has always been passionate about social issues and community service particularly in mental health. She is currently part of a committee that tackles such issues and is striving to make services for such issues more accessible, especially for the youth.
