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Saturday, 23 October 2021

ECOBANK TANZANIA TAKES ACTION ON MENTAL HEALTH AS PART OF ITS COMMITMENT TOWARDS BETTER HEALTH

Mr. Charles Asiedu, Managing Director Ecobank Tanzania (right) speaks during the donation handover to the Mental Health Department at Muhimbili National Hospital.

Mr. Charles Asiedu, Managing Director of Ecobank Tanzania (right) hands over patients gowns to Dr. Frank Masao, Head of Mental Health Department at Muhimbili National Hospital.
Some of the Ecobank Tanzania staff who attended the donation handover to Mental Health Department at Muhimbili National Hospital.
  • The 2021 Ecobank Day focused on Mental Health, and helping to reduce stigma and discrimination.
Dar es Salaam – Ecobank Tanzania, a member of the leading Pan-African banking group, the Ecobank Group, is celebrating the ninth annual Ecobank Day, its flagship corporate and social responsibility annual event that ‘gives back’ to the local communities across Africa. This year Ecobank Day was held on 22 October with the theme ‘Mental Health - Time to Talk and Act!’. It marks the final stage of Ecobank’s three-year campaign to raise awareness and help prevent Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs).

The events for the 2021 Ecobank Day were held mostly virtually, to ensure continued safety from Covid-19. At Ecobank Tanzania activities and initiatives for Ecobank Day 2021 include providing education on mental health to Ecobank Tanzania staff in partnership with ARIS Risk and Insurance services, we donated patients gowns and chairs to mental health ward at Muhimbili National hospital.

Mr. Charles Asiedu, Managing Director Ecobank Tanzania, said: ‘All of us at Ecobank Tanzania are determined to raise awareness and help prevent mental health issues, which can affect anyone. There are still a lot of misconceptions about mental health here in Tanzania. It’s very important to openly talk about mental health without the feeling of stigmatization or taboo. We used Ecobank Day 2021 to get these messages across to as many people as possible. Now is the time to talk and act on mental health!”

Ecobank Day is an annual event which was first held in 2013, focusing each year on a specific theme. These have been Education for young people in Africa (2013); Malaria prevention and control (2014); Every African child deserves a better future (2015); ICT education in schools and improving maternal health (2016); Safe water management (2017); Orphanages (2018); Cancer (2019); and Diabetes (2020).

For more information, visit https://www.ecobank.com/ecobank-day

Media Contact

Ecobank Tanzania
Furaha Samalu
Head; Customer Experience, Brand and Communications
Email: EcobankAssistTanzania@Ecobank.com

Tel: +255 699 000 025 

About Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (‘ETI’ or ‘The Group’)

Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (‘ETI’) is the parent company of the Ecobank Group, the leading independent pan-African banking group. The Ecobank Group employs over 14,000 people and serves about 29 million customers in the consumer, commercial and corporate banking sectors across 33 African countries. The Group has a banking licence in France and representative offices in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Johannesburg, South Africa; Beijing, China; London, the UK and Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. The Group offers a full suite of banking products, services and solutions including bank and deposit accounts, loans, cash management, advisory, trade, securities, wealth and asset management. ETI is listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchanges in Lagos, the Ghana Stock Exchange in Accra, and the Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières in Abidjan. For further information please visit www.ecobank.com

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