Every 40 seconds, someone loses their life to suicide. Close to 800,000 people die by suicide every year. Furthermore, for each suicide, there are more than 20 suicide attempts. Suicides and suicide attempts have a ripple effect that impacts families, friends, colleagues, communities and societies. Suicides are preventable. This year, World Mental Health Day focuses on suicide prevention. Join us on 10 October, in “40 seconds of action” to raise awareness of the scale of suicide around the world and the role that each of us can play to help prevent it. You can also find out about the UN System Workplace Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy. 

See five arguments for providing universal health coverage to all and add your voice! #HealthForAll

At an event on the sidelines of the IAEA’s 63rd General Conference, experts reviewed the pivotal role of nuclear techniques in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases, particularly in women.

The United Nations General Assembly is holding a high-level meeting on universal health coverage. Universay Health Coverage means that all people and communities receive the quality health services they need, without financial hardship.  This meeting, under the theme "Universal Health Coverage: Moving Together to Build a Healthier World," aims to accelerate progress toward universal health coverage, including financial risk protection, access to quality essential health-care services and access to safe, effective, quality and affordable essential medicines and vaccines for all. #HealthForAll. Let's make it a reality.