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Intersectoral co-ordination is a further crucial issue for implementation of policy.  In this respect, the tasks of mental health professionals in the ministry of health are:

 

i coordinating activities with professionals from other ministries in order to formulate, implement and evaluate mental health interventions (e.g. meeting professionals of the ministry of education with a view to the development of a mental health promotion programme in primary schools);
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isupporting mental health professionals in health districts to implement district intersectoral interventions (e.g. meeting professionals from other sectors, such as those of housing, social services and employment in order to develop community care for people with schizophrenia);

 

isupporting mental health professionals in health districts in order to enhance coordination among local health teams and teams from other sectors (e.g. meeting health district teams, local social teams and mental health teams with a view to developing a programme on mother-infant bonding in poor communities).