Botswana needs a suicide prevention strategy, says medic
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
He was speaking at the World Suicide Prevention Commemoration day in Lobatse. Dr Thula said suicide had reached crisis proportions such that the numbers of people who committed suicide far surpassed those dying from wars and murders put together.
“Looking at the world in general, every year, over 800,000 people die from suicide. This roughly corresponds to one death every 40 seconds.
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