By Our Reporter
According to the World Health Organization, an estimated 703,000 people a year end their life around the world. For every suicide, there are likely 20 other people making a suicide attempt and many more have serious thoughts of suicide. Millions of people suffer intense grief or are otherwise profoundly impacted by suicidal behaviours.
Each suicidal death is a public health concern with a profound impact on those around them. By raising awareness, reducing the stigma around suicide, and encouraging well-informed action, we can reduce instances of suicide around the world.
In Uganda, the World Suicide Awareness day was celebrated with a mental health run at Kyadondo Rugby Grounds that was attended by masses of people.
Six Ugandan youths under a poets’ body ‘Fragments’ have gone ahead to give a hand to the efforts by the World Health Organization in prevention of the Mental Health breakage.
Fragments have published a poetry collection which they titled ‘Seasons’ that is meant to give hope to people undergoing stress and trauma.
Lastly, it highlights the importance of setting suicide prevention as a priority public health agenda by countries, particularly where access to mental health services and availability of evidence-based interventions are already low.
The authors of the book include Daniel Tusiimukye, Puja Natasha, Diego Mwesigwa, Nabirah Kayiwa, Joyce Nalubega & Liberty Muhereza.
Fragments is a platform where the use of arts, poetry and photography are used to express and fabricate each artist’s emotions and experiences.
Their other books include See you when everyone gets there and gets entitled, both anthologies on COVID-19 and Gender based violence respectively.
A copy of the book Fragments goes for Ugx. 20000/-.
Some Of the Authors
