Uganda, May 2 -- Experts have expressed concern about the increasing number of women with mental health cases since the outbreak of Covid-19.

Mr Edward Sempiira, the Executive Director of Lifeback Foundation Rehabilitation Centre, said they are overwhelmed by a big turnout of females seeking mental health treatment.

Mr Sempiira was speaking during an engagement with musicians, mental health experts, and the Ministry of Health officials in Kampala on May 1.

"Currently our capacity is 50 clients and of these, 40 percent are female, but before [Covid], the number was low, at 20 percent," he said.

Mr Sempiira added that new drugs have also contributed to the increasing cases of mental health.

"Currently drugs are packed in cakes, chocola...