Reports, experts highlight growing severity of non-communicable diseases

Covid-19 pandemic response should not overshadow the risk of other diseases, public health experts say.

In 2019, as many as 6,241 people throughout the country commited suicide. The number rose by 14 percent in 2020 to 7,117. Data show that Nepal’s suicide mortality rate was 23.7 per 100,000 people in 2020.