Background
WHO estimates that almost one million deaths are due to suicide every year, the majority of which occur in low- and middle-income countries. Attempted suicide can be up to 20 times more frequent than suicide. As suicide is among the top three causes of death in the population aged 15-34 years (second leading cause for 10-24 year olds) globally, there is a massive loss to societies of young people. There is a need for immediate action which includes public health and cross-sector/inter-agency approaches.
Goals
To respond to this neglected but important global priority, WHO launched the first-ever
World Suicide Report in late 2014.
According to the report, Malaysia ’ s percentage change in age standardized suicide rates 2000–
2012 is -23.9% for both sexes.
Tokyo Development Learning Center, the World
Bank together with the United Nations University
International Institute for Global Health presents the distance knowledge sharing seminar to focus on country case studies, including good practices and lessons learned.
February 23 (Mon), 2015
Japan: 12:00-13:30
Malaysia: 11:00-12:30
Philippines: 11:00-12:30
Indonesia:10:00-11:30
Thailand: 10:00-11:30
Sri Lanka: 8:30-10:00
The program will be organized jointly by the
World Bank/TDLC and UNU-IIGH.
Reference
Please refer to our website at https://www.jointokyo.org/en/programs/catal ogue/suicide_prevention for resources and the recorded video of the 1 st session (Country
Experiences from Japan and India).
Speaker
Dr Nurashikin Ibrahim, Ministry of Health,
Malaysia
Dr Andrew Mohan Raj, Associate Professor of
Psychiatry, Perdana University
Moderator
TBC
Target Audience
• National and local government officials from ministries and agencies.
• Policy makers, DRM stakeholders, health specialists among others.
Language
• VC session will be in English
HOW TO APPLY
Please submit your confirmation of participation to the designated local contact person at your nearest GDLN center.
Contacts for Registration
Dyan Ekawati :
08159048664/ dyan007@gmail.com
Dimah Haryanti :
08999873445/dimah.haryanti@gmail.com
Phone :021-31906164
Place : Universitas Indonesia, Jl. Salemba Raya No. 4,
Central Jakarta, IASTH Building 1 st Fl. GDLN Video
Conference Room www.clr.ui.ac.id
Program Contact
Tokyo Development Learning Center (TDLC) ,
The World Bank
Website: www.jointokyo.org
Email: jointokyo@worldbank.org
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