Report on the International Workshop on Secure Access to Pesticides in Conjunction with the Annual Congress of the International Associationn for Suicide Prevention, Durban, South Africa, Monday, September 12, 2005 (sponsored by Singenta Crop Protection)

Résumé

Four specific goals of the workshop were identified: Goal 1: To review the background of the constructive use of pesticides as an essential economic and agricultural necessity versus their use as a means for suicide in developing countries; Goal 2: To explore the notion of improving secure access as an effective measure in reducing suicide; Goal 3: To develop a framework in which securing access to the means of suicide (using the pesticide model) can be replicated and evaluated in relevant communities; Goal 4: To deliver a proposal to secure core donor funding for country projects. CHINE SRI-LANKA AFRIQUE-SUD INDE ASIE AFRIQUE EXTRÊME-ORIENT MOYEN PRODUIT-CHIMIQUE ACCESSIBILITÉ INTOXICATION ÉPIDÉMIOLOGIE RECOMMANDATION PRÉVENTION