Where: Suicide is one of the main causes of death among young people

Suicides correspond to 1 death in 100 in the world, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced today, expressing concern about the inadequate progress made to combat one of the main causes of death among young people. “A suicide was due to the death of about 727,000 people only in 2021,” said Devora Kestel, head of the Department of Mental Health in a press conference. The World Health Organization underlined in a new report that suicide is one of the main causes of death among young people in all countries and in all socio -economic contexts. Despite the worldwide efforts, the progress made is too small to achieve the UN sustainable development goal in 2015, which consists of a third of the suicide rates by 2030, “if today’s trend continues, the current trend will continue.” To global […]
Source: News Beast

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