In the past few years, young people are suffering more from mental health issues. Some figures on the problem:

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   1. According to the latest INE statistics, since 2019 suicide is the leading cause of unnatural death in the 15-29 age group, even higher than traffic accidents.
   
   
   2. According to a study carried out by the Sant Joan de Déu Hospital in Espluges de Llobregat (Barcelona), more and more adolescents are attempting suicide, raising the figures to 27% in 2021.
   
   
   3. Since 2000, the World Health Organization (WHO), contrary to what was previously recommended to avoid the 'contagion effect', has been committed to talking about suicide from the point of view of prevention. "If we do not talk about suicide, it is very difficult to prevent it. We have to talk about suicide, but with respect and responsibility", says de Quesada.
   
   
   4. Unicef warns that suicide is already the fifth leading cause of death in children and adolescents in the world.
   
   
   5. One out of every seven adolescents in the world has a diagnosed mental health problem; almost 46,000 commit suicide every year, but only 2% of government health budgets in the world are allocated to them.
   
   
   
   

Proposed Solution: Thus, after the Stop Suicidios demonstration and the Let's Mintza on Mental Health, Global Shapers Bilbao decided to carry a project exclusively focused on Mental Health, the policies concerning it. 

Hub Activities: This project had several different actions. 

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   1. A campaign where approximately 500 signatures were collected. 
   
   
   2. Media outreach
   
   
   3. Collection of resources
   
   
   4. Meetings with the Basque parliament for the Basque strategy, in order to propose different changes in the policies. 
   
   
   5. 2 talks on mental health with 2 hubs, cross-hub. Internally at Global Shapers Bilbao, 14 one-to-ones and 3 discussions on mental health.
   
   
   
   

Short & Long-Term Goals/Results: 

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  500 signatures (aprox.) were collected

  
  


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  Date May 17, 2021- Participation in the program Hoy por Hoy on Cadena Ser Bilbao (147,000 listeners approximately). 

  
  


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  At the European curators' meeting itself, conversations on mental health were opened in Geneva.

  
  


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  As a result, it was possible to have meetings to create cross-hub activities and 2 talks were held in which we participated:

  
  




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  A meeting with the Birgminghan HUB.

  
  


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  A meeting with the Karachi HUB

  
  

Impact Areas: Improve Health and Well-being, Mental Health.