Asare J B
Retired Chief Psychiatrist, Ghana, email
Int Psychiatry. 2010 Jul 1;7(3):67-68. eCollection 2010 Jul.
Ghana is a West African state that attained independence from Great Britain in 1957 and became a republican state in 1960. Its population is about 22 million (2004 estimate), distributed in ten regions. The World Health Organization (WHO) has estimated that 650 000 of the population are suffering from severe mental disorder and 2 166 000 are suffering from moderate to mild mental disorder (see http://www.who.int/mental_health/policy/country/ghana/en).
加纳是一个西非国家，于1957年从英国获得独立，并于1960年成为共和国。其人口约为2200万（2004年估计），分布在十个地区。世界卫生组织（WHO）估计，该国65万人口患有严重精神障碍，216.6万人口患有中度至轻度精神障碍（见http://www.who.int/mental_health/policy/country/ghana/en）。
