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Stakeholders are promising to do more in the area of suicide prevention, especially child suicide, as they have, for the first time, developed a scorecard tool for media reporting on suicide. A stakeholder-consultative meeting also adopted the latest World Health Organization recommendations for media reporting on suicide. According to the WHO, there is a direct correlation between media reports about people who die by suicide and subsequent additional suicidal acts. This, they hope, will go a long way toward positively impacting preventive suicide. According to the World Health Organization, at least 700,000 people die annually due to suicide. ....

Boadu Ayeboafo , Gloria Hiadzi , Boye Quashie , Benedine Azanu , University Of Ghana School Public Health , Ghana Health Service , Ghana Mental Health Authority , World Health Organization , National Media Commission , Ghana Journalists Association , University Of Media , Association Of Suicide Prevention Ghana , Ghana Psychological Association , Ghana Independent Broadcasters Association , Suicide Prevention Ghana , Nii Boye Quashie , Yaw Boadu Ayeboafo , Executive Secretary , Acting Head , Public Health ,