International code of conduct on pesticide management: guidance on use of pesticide regulation to prevent suicide

The document provides guidance, particularly for low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), in cooperating with relevant stakeholders on best practices in using regulation to prevent suicides with agricultural pesticides. It builds on the 2016 FAO/WHO guidelines on highly hazardous pesticides and serves as a technical complement to the 2019 WHO/FAO publication, Preventing suicide: a resource for pesticide registrars and regulators. It is consistent with WHO’s strategy for suicide prevention, WHO’s recommendations on cost–effective interventions for mental health and the supporting evidence for those recommendations.