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New resource to help countries count cases of suicide more accurately
In view of the challenges of providing accurate numbers of deaths by suicide, WHO has launched a new resource, Preventing suicide: a resource for strengthening suicide case registration.
The guide aims to strengthen the death certification and coding processes for suicides. It is primarily intended for medical certifiers and mortality coders, but it may also be useful for other professionals involved in the process of investigating and certifying deaths, including police officers, forensic doctors, coroners, and statisticians.
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