World Suicide Prevention Day Timeline

2014

"Public health priority"

The first WHO World Suicide Report, “Preventing Suicide: A Global Imperative,” aimed to make suicide prevention a high priority on the global public health agenda.

​September 10, 2003

​First World Suicide Prevention Day was held

​The World Health Organization (WHO) and the ​​International Association for Suicide Prevention organized the first World Suicide Prevention Day.

​1960

​IASP is founded

​​The International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) started in Vienna.