Excess suicide mortality among agricultural workers

Addressing interlocking global crises of mental health and food insecurity

By Sajneet Mangat

This post is part of a series of opinion pieces in diverse mediums focusing on the theme “What can we do to address inequities in Global Health?” These submissions are by McGill students who were part of the course PPHS 511 Fundamentals of Global Health in Fall 2022.

Sajneet (she/they) recently completed an honours degree in History, minoring in Social Studies of Medicine, and is an incoming BCL/JD candidate at McGill. She had the opportunity to nurture many multidisciplinary interests as a Global Health Scholar and intern for the Institute for Health and Social Policy. Outside of school, she enjoys biking and debating.