Preventing suicide: LIVE LIFE implementation

Overview

More than 700 000 people took their own lives in 2019. Reducing suicide is an indicator (the only one for mental health) in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The aim of LIVE LIFE is for all countries to advance political will, national strategic action, and delivery of key effective interventions for preventing suicide. LIVE LIFE serves as a starting point upon which countries can build further evidence-based suicide prevention interventions. To support sustained implementation of LIVE LIFE, the World Health Organization (WHO) seeks to raise funding. WHO works with Member States, UN agencies, local and international partners, and people with lived experience.