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Although Africa is the world’s second-largest and second most populous continent, research on suicide in Africa is limited by a lack of systematic data collection. Suicide and suicide attempts cause serious emotional, physical, and economic impacts. But the good news is that suicide is preventable, and everyone has an important role to play in saving
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Mental health awareness in Africa is important for various reasons, though the ignorance of the importance of mental health has led to a long history of neglect of mental health in Africa’s health and development policy agenda. Prioritising mental health comes with other healthcare benefits. And there are various reasons why mental health should no
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Mental illness in Africa and everything related to mental health is a topic that only a few talk about. There are many misconceptions and stereotypes about these topics. These misconceptions result in discrimination, judgement and maltreatment of people living with mental illness. And so, many of them, out of fear of being judged or discriminated
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