WHO to tackle depression as pressing public health issue

With more than 300 million people across the world living with depression and the incidence rising, the World Health Organization has vowed to tackle the often devastating but treatable condition as a pressing public health issue.Depression is "the world's largest contributor to disability," more than any other illness or injury, said Shin Young Soo, director of the Manila-based WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific."In this region, the Western Pacific, an estimated 66 million people suffer from depression," Shin said, referring to an area encompassing China, Japan, South Korea, Vietn…READ FULL ARTICLE