More than 700,000 people die by suicide every year across the world, with 77% of those deaths occurring in low-income and middle-income countries. Nigeria’s suicide rate of 17.3 per 100,000 is higher than both the estimated rates for Africa (12.0 per 100,000) and the world (10.5 per 100,000). The suicide rate in the country increased to 9.9 per 100,000 in Read More The post A call to decriminalise suicide in Nigeria appeared first on Blueprint Newspapers Limited.
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