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For example, many middle-income countries that have made substantial investments in large mental hospitals are reluctant to replace them with community-based and inpatient facilities in general hospitals, despite evidence that mental hospitals provide inadequate care and that community-based services are more effective. WHO has described scaling up as ‘deliberate efforts to increase the impact of health service innovations successfully tested in pilot or experimental projects so as to benefit more people and to foster policy and programme development on a lasting basis’ [4].
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WHO-AIMS assessments are carried out by a local team headed by an in-country ‘focal point’ which in most cases is identified and approved by that country’s ministry of health. Technical support for the project is provided by WHO staff at the country, regional and headquarters levels. To date, WHO-AIMS assessments have been conducted in over 80 LAMICs. An analysis of the first 42 countries to complete an assessment indicated that 62% of the countries used the information gathered through WHO-AIMS to either develop or revise a mental health policy or plan, 55% used the assessment for some other planning purpose, 74% of countries presented the results of the assessment in a national workshop attended by key stakeholders, 24% published the results of the assessment in a scientific journal and 29% of countries used WHO-AIMS to improve their mental health information system [7].
