title: The African dimension.
abstract: Well-meaning expatriate nurse educators and administrators too often transplant curricula from Europe or North America. Thus, owing to a lack of knowledge and psychiatric nursing skills among African nurses, midwives and health workers, the result is a failure to recognize the symptoms and signs of around 20% of all patients attending health centres, rural health clinics and outpatient department. Vincent Wankiiri makes an urgent plea a training for the African psychiatric nurse relevant to the psycho-social problems caused by the current dramatic changes in Africa.
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000193:education; D012423:Rural Health; D000078329:Workforce