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KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 16
The Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizens has framed the ‘Integrated Action Plan on Psycho-social Counselling Service for Mental Health Management’ to address the problems of mental illness and behavioural disturbances facing people.
The integrated action plan envisages 20 activities to be performed by various ministries, commissions, departments, offices, non-governmental organisations, provinces, local levels and Police.
As per the integrated action plan, the MoCSC, the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies and the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security will be responsible for providing psycho-social counselling to the persons mentally disturbed by the COVID-19 pandemic, while also involving them in livelihood improvement programmes.