GENEVA: Nearly 800,000 people commit suicide each year — more than those killed by war and homicide or breast cancer, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday (Tuesday in Manila), urging action to avert the tragedies.
In a fresh report, the United Nations Health agency said the global suicide rate had fallen somewhat between 2010 and 2016, but the number of deaths remained stable because of a growing global population.
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