Daegu City Finally Selected for This Year's 'Public-Private Partnership Suicide Prevention Project' Contest!

Accelerating 'Comprehensive Suicide Prevention' Efforts

Daegu City was finally selected in this year's public-private partnership suicide prevention project national fund competition, receiving a prize and taking a commemorative photo.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongguk Lee] Daegu City has been finally selected for the '2022 Public-Private Cooperation Suicide Prevention Project' organized by the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Korea Life Respect Hope Foundation, securing 50 million KRW in national funding.

In response to the increased emotional difficulties among people in their 20s and 30s in the region due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, the city achieved the great success of being finally selected for the project by focusing on the 'Youth Customized Suicide Prevention Project' together with the Daegu Metropolitan Suicide Prevention Center.

Using the 50 million KRW in national funding secured through the project selection, the city will collaborate with university student counseling centers, nursing professor associations, employment welfare centers, youth centers, and others within the region to build a mental health safety net for youth by supporting mental health treatment costs, conducting online and offline self-assessments, identifying high-risk groups, and linking services with related organizations.

Additionally, Daegu City operates a 24-hour suicide counseling hotline (1577-0199), runs a crisis intervention team and emergency hospitalization beds for constant response to suicide crisis situations, and provides one-stop support services for suicide survivors to prevent suicide.

Mayor Kwon Young-jin said, “Suicide is no longer an individual problem but a social issue,” and added, “Daegu City will work together to protect the precious lives of citizens by thoroughly filling the blind spots in suicide prevention policies.”