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Cover of the publication titled "Suicide in the Americas Regional Report 2021", featuring a stylized map of the Americas with wavy multicolored bands (orange, blue, green, purple, yellow). PAHO and WHO logos appear in the bottom left corner, indicating the Americas Region.
Suicide in the Americas: Regional report 2021
Technical and scientific products, Technical reports
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Let's Talk About Health – Ep. 12: Suicide: Breaking the silence
Communication Materials
Brochure: Regional Suicide Prevention Initiative
Other publications
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Summary: From loneliness to social connection
Other publications
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From loneliness to social connection: charting a path to healthier societies
Technical reports
NCDs at a Glance 2025. NCDs surveillance and monitoring: Noncommunicable disease mortality and risk factor prevalence in the Americas
NCDs at a Glance 2025. NCDs surveillance and monitoring: Noncommunicable disease mortality and risk factor prevalence in the Americas
Technical and scientific products
Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP) guideline for mental, neurological and substance use disorders
Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP) guideline for mental, neurological and substance use disorders
Guidelines
Mental Health Virtual Courses - October 2023
Brochure - Mental Health Virtual Courses
Brochures
WHO Policy Brief on the health aspects of decriminalization of suicide and suicide attempts
WHO Policy Brief on the health aspects of decriminalization of suicide and suicide attempts
Policy briefs
Preventing suicide: a resource for media professionals - Update 2023
Preventing suicide: a resource for media professionals - Update 2023
Guidelines
Mental Health Atlas of the Americas 2020
Mental Health Atlas of the Americas 2020
Technical reports
cd60-9-e-strategy-mental-health-suicide-prevention
CD60/9 - Strategy for Improving Mental Health and Suicide Prevention in the Region of the Americas
Mandates and Strategies
A New Agenda for Mental Health in the Americas. Report of the Pan American Health Organization High-Level Commission on Mental Health and COVID-19
A New Agenda for Mental Health in the Americas. Report of the Pan American Health Organization High-Level Commission on Mental Health and COVID-19
Technical reports
A New Agenda for Mental Health in the Americas: Report of the Pan American Health Organization High-Level Commission on Mental Health and COVID-19
Executive summary: A New Agenda for Mental Health in the Americas: Report of the Pan American Health Organization High-Level Commission on Mental Health and COVID-19
Technical and scientific products
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CE172/17 - Strategy for Improving Mental Health and Suicide Prevention in the Region of the Americas
Mandates and Strategies
Contextual factors associated with country-level suicide mortality in the Americas, 2000-2019: a cross-sectional ecological study
Contextual factors associated with country-level suicide mortality in the Americas, 2000-2019: a cross-sectional ecological study
Technical and scientific products
Policy for Improving Mental Health
Policy for Improving Mental Health
Mandates and Strategies
Promoting Wellbeing and Mental Health in Schools
Promoting Wellbeing and Mental Health in Schools
Field guides
Mental health at work tips for employers
Mental health at work: tips for employers
Brochures
Mental health at work
Mental health at work: policy brief
Policy briefs
Mental health guidelines
WHO guidelines on mental health at work
Guidelines