World Suicide Prevention Day - 10th September
Today
is World Suicide Prevention Day
World Suicide
Prevention Day (WSPD) is an awareness day observed on 10 September every year, in order to
provide worldwide commitment and action to prevent suicides, with various
activities around the world. The International Association for Suicide
Prevention (IASP), collaborates with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the
World Federation for Mental Health, to host World Suicide Prevention Day. In
2011 an estimated 40 countries held awareness events to mark the occasion. The
United Nations issued 'National Policy for Suicide Prevention' in the 1990s
which some countries use as a basis for their suicide policies.
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