DAR ES SALAAM, Sept. 12 -- EVERY forty-five seconds, somewhere in the world, a person ends own life. Suicide is a silent global epidemic, claiming more than 720,000 lives every year according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).

It is the third leading cause of death among young people aged 15 to 29, a chilling reminder of how fragile the human spirit can become when weighed down by invisible struggles.

Despite a gradual decline in global suicide rates, dropping from 10.33 deaths per 100,000 people in 1990 to 7.24 in 2021, the numbers remain unacceptably high.

Recent studies estimate that 746,000 people died by suicide in 2021 alone, with men accounting for 519,000 and women for 227,000 of these deaths.

What is even more concerning...