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U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre

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Blog post | 2025

Unseen scars: The devastating impact of corruption on mental health systems in low and middle-income countries

Daniela Cepeda Cuadrado (2025)
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https://www.u4.no/blog/unseen-scars-the-devastating-impact-of-corruption-on-mental-health-systems-in-low-and-middle-income-countries

From undue influence to procurement corruption and bribes, falsified medical products, and cronyism, corruption has served to weaken mental health systems, divert resources, and enable the violation of patients’ human rights.

Read more:
https://www.u4.no/blog/unseen-scars-the-devastating-impact-of-corruption-on-mental-health-systems-in-low-and-middle-income-countries

Daniela Cepeda Cuadrado

Senior Programme Adviser (U4)
  • daniela.cepeda@cmi.no

U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre

Feb 2002 - Dec 2026
  • Corruption
  • Global Health
  • Health sector
  • Mental health
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Procurement

Also from this project:

Blog post | Jul 2026

Clarifying boundaries for private sector contractor participation at the International Seabed Authority

Hannah Lily, Samantha Robb, Ellycia Harrould-Kolieb, Robert Forster

Blog post | Jul 2026

Flexibility vs consistency: The challenge of transposing the EU Directive to combat corruption

Fran Franco

See also:

Book Chapter | Jul 2026

Corruption and SDG 12: Sustainable Production and Consumption

David Aled Williams

Corruption and the Sustainable Development Goals

Book Chapter | Jul 2026

Corruption

David Aled Williams

SAGE Encyclopedia of Environmental Justice

U4 Issue | Jun 2026

Navigating private-sector contractor participation at the International Seabed Authority

Hannah Lily, Samantha Robb, Ellycia Harrould-Kolieb (authors), Robert Forster (series editor)

U4 Issue | Jun 2026

Gender and corruption in Viet Nam's health sector

[Anon.]

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