GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Ministry of Well being, with technical help from the Pan American Well being Group (PAHO), has launched a Nationwide Suicide Surveillance System, designed to facilitate real-time monitoring and evaluation of instances of suicide and tried suicide.
The Nationwide Suicide Surveillance System was launched on the Ministry of Well being earlier this week by Minister of Well being, Dr. Frank Anthony, within the presence of the Director of PAHO/WHO, Dr. Jarbas Barbosa da Silva, and the PAHO/WHO Guyana Nation Consultant, Dr. Kim Dickson.
In response to Barbosa da Silva< Guyana faces a excessive burden of suicide and suicide makes an attempt, making it a severe public well being concern for the nation.
He, nonetheless, stated PAHO was happy to supply technical help to the Authorities, via the Ministry of Well being, because it moved to reform psychological well being care in any respect ranges throughout the nation via legislative reform and improved insurance policies and programmes.
He stated the Nationwide Suicide Surveillance System will complement the Psychological Well being Safety and Promotion Act, the Suicide Prevention Act, and the Nationwide Psychological Well being Plan 2023-2030 because the nation improves information assortment on instances of suicide and tried suicide.
“High quality real-time information on suicide and suicide makes an attempt is essential to understanding the issue, figuring out the high-risk teams and responding with efficient and focused interventions,” Barbosa da Silva stated.
He defined that correct information on instances of suicide and self-harm is important to informing psychological well being providers provision, useful resource deployment, and tips for managing suicidal conduct.
The PAHO/WHO Guyana Nation Consultant, in her handle, stated the Nationwide Suicide Surveillance System will present the Well being Ministry and its companions with important information that will information insurance policies mandatory to scale back the tragic lack of life attributable to suicide.
“This method will function a spine for our nationwide technique to handle the basis causes of suicide. The system will even facilitate a complete data-driven method to understanding and addressing the complicated challenge of suicide in Guyana. By way of real-time information assortment and evaluation, the system would assist to establish traits, promote understanding of danger components, information implementation of focused interventions, and help within the monitoring of progress,” Dickson defined.
