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	Podcast:		TED Talks Daily
	Episode:		Why I train grandmothers to treat depression \| Dixon Chibanda
	Category:		Society & Culture
	Duration:		00:12:24
	Publish Date:		2018-02-14 09:59:25
	Description:		Dixon Chibanda is one of 12 psychiatrists in Zimbabwe -- for a population of more than 16 million. Realizing that his country would never be able to scale traditional methods of treating those with mental health issues, Chibanda helped to develop a beautiful solution powered by a limitless resource: grandmothers. In this extraordinary, inspirational talk, learn more about the friendship bench program, which trains grandmothers in evidence-based talk therapy and brings care, and hope, to those in need.
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