Much of the decline, though, was offset by a parallel increase in suicides by hanging and other methods of poisoning, the study found, resulting in a much smaller dip in the overall cases. A new World Health Organisation (WHO)- funded modelling study for 14 countries, including China and India, found that bans on highly hazardous pesticides are a cost-effective method of suicide reduction.

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