Guyana increasing programs to combat high suicide rate
The Guyana government, through the Ministry of Public Health, civil society organizations and professionals, both in and outside of Guyana, are slowly, but surely, taking action to combat the high rate of suicide incidents in rural areas of the country, according to Permanent Representative of Guyana to the United Nations, Ambassador Rudolph M. Ten-Pow.Guyana was ranked #1 in the world in 2015, for suicide cases among women, according the World Health Organization (WHO), that recently put the Republic at a disparaging fourth place, that Ambassador Ten-Pow said is very little consolation. Continue reading
