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This advocacy brief on social isolation and loneliness among older people highlights the growing public health and policy concern about these issues, which...
IntroductionIn 2019, the Seventy-second World Health Assembly requested the WHO Director-General to prepare a menu of policy options and cost-effective...
More than 700 000 people lose their life to suicide every year. The world is not on track to reach the 2030 suicide reduction targets. WHO advocates for...
16 June 2021
Suicide worldwide in 2019
More than 700 000 persons die by suicide every year globally. Suicide is the fourth leading cause of death among 15-29 year olds. The reduction of suicide...
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