I am an Emergency Medicine clinical and academic physician recently retired from Stanford University in the USA. I have followed Dr. Chibanda's work and the Friendship Bench's successes in bringing mental health care to international populations in need. I look forward to becoming involved in enabling the availability of this innovative program in the rural west in our country. All the best to you and your team!

Joseph L. Ryan, MD Associate Professor Department of Emergency Medicine, Division of EMS (retired) Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California USA