Implementation of a comprehensive surveillance system for recording suicides and attempted suicides in rural India

Introduction WHO reports that 78 of the 140 low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) do not have a registration system for suicides and attempted suicides. Absence of data on suicide and attempted suicide in LMICs, which account for 79% of suicides worldwide, is a major impediment in understan...

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Main Authors: Lakshmi Vijayakumar, Nikhil Jain, Renuka Nardodkar, Deepa Pandit, Sadhvi Krishnamoorthy, Jasmine Kalha, Laura Shields-Zeeman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2020-11-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/10/11/e038636.full