Sep. 10

World Suicide Prevention Day

10th September

World Suicide Prevention Day (WASP) is an awareness day observed on 10 September every year, in order to provide worldwide commitment and action to prevent suicides, with various activities around the world. The United Nations issued 'National Policy for Suicide Prevention' in the 1990s which some countries use as a basis for their suicide policies. According to IASP president the number of people who die by suicide is expected to reach 1.5 million per year by 2020.