World Mental Health Day sheds light on worrying rates of youth suicide
10 Oct 2019
UN News
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Worldwide, 800,000 people die by suicide each year - one every 40 seconds - making it the second leading cause of death among young people (aged 15 to 29), the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday, spotlighting suicide prevention as the th