Dr Christine Musyimi is a community mental health researcher at Africa Mental Health Research and Training Foundation. She received her PhD in Global Mental Health from Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, and MSc in Medical Statistics and BSc in Nursing from the University of Nairobi, Kenya. She has written extensively (in book chapters and peer-reviewed journals) on initiating collaborative processes between the formal and informal health sectors including introduction of mental health evidence-based approaches in the latter sector. She has also been a Principal Investigator on three mental health related grants funded by Grand Challenges Canada and Grand Challenges Africa.