{"id":102447,"date":"2023-11-29T09:52:15","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T08:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/more-men-commit-suicide-in-africa-than-women-cdc"},"modified":"2023-11-29T13:10:53","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T12:10:53","slug":"more-men-commit-suicide-in-africa-than-women-cdc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/more-men-commit-suicide-in-africa-than-women-cdc","title":{"rendered":"More men commit suicide in Africa than women \u2013 CDC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Dr Naeem Dalal, the Advisor, Non-communicable Diseases, Injuries and Mental Health for Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, has revealed that more men commit suicide in Africa than women.<\/p>\n<p>NAN reports that Dalal said this on Tuesday in Lusaka, Zambia, on the sidelines of a parallel session on youth mental health at the International Conference on Public Health in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>He stressed the need to stop cultural stereotypes that prevent African men from seeking emotional and mental wellness help.<\/p>\n<p>Dalal noted that stopping cultural stereotypes is necessary, as statistics specifically show that more men die by suicide on the continent of Africa.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cThere is more active suicide amongst men.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we talk about suicide, we need to understand two things. There\u2019s suicide, which is passive, and suicide, which is active\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Dr Naeem Dalal, the Advisor, Non-communicable Diseases, Injuries and Mental Health for Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, has revealed that more men commit suicide in Africa than women. NAN reports that Dalal said this on Tuesday in Lusaka, Zambia, on the sidelines of a parallel session on youth mental health [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":102445,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[1871,1570,2140,12025,254,7053],"class_list":["post-102447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-men","tag-nigeria","tag-suicide"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>More men commit suicide in Africa than women \u2013 CDC - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Dr Naeem Dalal, the Advisor, Non-communicable Diseases, Injuries and Mental Health for Africa Centres for Disease Contro ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/more-men-commit-suicide-in-africa-than-women-cdc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"More men commit suicide in Africa than women \u2013 CDC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dr Naeem Dalal, the Advisor, Non-communicable Diseases, Injuries and Mental Health for Africa Centres for Disease Contro ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/more-men-commit-suicide-in-africa-than-women-cdc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-11-29T08:52:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-11-29T12:10:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/11\/sm_1701243504.95513.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/more-men-commit-suicide-in-africa-than-women-cdc#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/more-men-commit-suicide-in-africa-than-women-cdc\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"More men commit suicide in Africa than women \u2013 CDC\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-29T08:52:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-29T12:10:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/more-men-commit-suicide-in-africa-than-women-cdc\"},\"wordCount\":155,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/more-men-commit-suicide-in-africa-than-women-cdc#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/11\/sm_1701243504.95513.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa\",\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"men\",\"Nigeria\",\"suicide\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/more-men-commit-suicide-in-africa-than-women-cdc#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/more-men-commit-suicide-in-africa-than-women-cdc\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/more-men-commit-suicide-in-africa-than-women-cdc\",\"name\":\"More men commit suicide in Africa than women \u2013 CDC - 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