Overview

• Castilla-La Mancha detailed two funded projects under Spain’s 2025–2027 plan, including a 24/7 phone service coordinated with the national 024 line, crisis response, postvention supports and psychological autopsies, plus environmental measures at identified hotspots.
• Spain’s health minister noted a recent decline in suicide deaths after years of increases, with provisional INE data showing 3,846 deaths in 2024 (down 6.6%), yet an average of 11 deaths per day persists.
• Buenos Aires’ Public Guardian’s Office launched the “Hablemos de suicidio adolescente” audiovisual campaign and reported 596 hospitalizations of children and adolescents for suicide risk in the city.
• Mexico’s IMSS used National Public Health Week to update clinical guidelines for suicidal behavior across age groups and to expand education, phone orientation and psychoeducational workshops.
• A new practical guide from Fundación Iturri, developed with Affor Health and Spanish NGOs, outlines protocols for detecting warning signs and managing suicide risk in workplaces, including support for teams after a death.