Why I train grandmothers to treat depression | Dixon Chibanda

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...

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On a warm August morning in Harare,Farai,a 24-year-old mother of two,walks towards a park bench.She looks miserable and dejected.Now, on the park bench sits an 82-year-old woman,better known to the community as Grandmother Jack.Farai hands Grandmother Jack an envelope from the clinic nurse.Grandmother Jack invites Farai to sit downas she opens the envelope and reads.There's silence for three minutes or so as she reads.And after a long pause, Grandmother Jack takes a deep breath,looks at Farai and says,"I'm here for you.Would you like to share your story with me?"Farai begins,her eyes swelling with tears.She says, "Grandmother Jack,I'm HIV-positive.I've been living with HIV for the past four years.My husband l...