Gov't Should Commit To Reducing Suicide Cases

Since the beginning of this year there have been a few reports of people who committed suicide, some of the reports coming from the police asking members of the public to come forward to help identify the deceased. Mental health professionals have long called on the government to have a national strategy providing guidance on how to reduce the rate of suicide in Botswana.

In May 2013, the 66th World Health Assembly adopted the first ever Mental Health Action Plan of the World Health Organisation, which implored countries to reduce the rate of suicide by 10%.