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Thanks to the IAEA’s Rays of Hope initiative, Uruguay will be better equipped to prevent and treat cancer. In his first official visit to Uruguay, IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi announced on Tuesday that Uruguay will receive five mammography machines and a linear accelerator through the IAEA’s flagship cancer initiative.
The suicide rate in Uruguay increased once again last year, reaching a new record and cementing the small country's position as an outlier in the region
Uruguay's suicide rate has reached 23.3 deaths per 100,000 people, a record high.Uruguay is an outlier in the Americas, with a rate roughly two-and-a-half times greater than the average nine per 100,000.Experts blame the figure on the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as Uruguay's comparative lack of religious adherence. Uruguayan mental health professional Eduardo Katz also