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Government to set up toll-free lines to prevent cases of suicide

Entrance to Mathari National Referral and Teaching Hospital in Nairobi. [File, Standard]

The Ministry of Health has hatched various intervention measures to curb the alarming cases of suicide in the country.

Addressing the press during the daily Covid-19 status update, Health Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS) Dr Rashid Aman said Kenya was commemorating the World Suicide Prevention Day-construction of the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) to prevent deaths by suicide.

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