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700 000 people die by suicide every year: Lancet

March 17, 2023

Only 38 countries had national suicide prevention strategies in 2021, according to WHO More than 700,000 people worldwide commit suicide each year, and 77...

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When the end is near

October 2, 2020

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There’s an urgent need to initiate a dialogue on end-of-life care for terminally-ill patients so that we can adopt a more humane approach to the inevitability...

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Tobacco Toll: Death by numbers

May 29, 2020

May 31st is observed as World No Tobacco Day. Here’s looking at the mortality rates and health risks due to the tobacco epidemic in the South-East Asian...