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Professor Rakhi Dandona

Professor, Public Health, Public Health Foundation of India; Professor, Health Metrics Sciences, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington; Honorary Professorial Fellow, University of Melbourne

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Health & Medicine

We need a new approach to suicide prevention

Many complex causes may drive someone to consider suicide. Addressing these causes at a policy level will save lives

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