The proposed call centre will have an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) component in which carefully curated mental health information in an audio format recorded in Uganda's major languages.
The partnership is composed of a multidisciplinary team. The researchers represent the Department of Computer and Systems Sciences at Stockholm University, RISE Research Institute of Sweden, Makerere University's College of Health Sciences, Butabika National Referral Mental Hospital and Uganda Cancer Institute.
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Digital Futures is a cross-disciplinary research centre that explores and develops digital technologies of great societal importance. It was jointly established in 2020 by KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm University and RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, based on significant long-term support of a Strategic Research Area by the Swedish Government.