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Suicide is a global public health concern, being the third leading cause of death among individuals aged 15–29 years []. The latest estimate of the World Health Organization (WHO) revealed that over 720,000 people died by suicide globally in 2021, about three quarters died in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), 519 000 deaths among males and 227 000 among females []. Suicide creates a double tragedy: families not only suffer the loss of a loved one but also face abandonment and stigma. While they grieve, they are left without comfort, carrying the pain alone and often being judged by others. The global bodies warrant urgent awareness and prevention efforts []. Dealing with suicide depends on the level of information and understanding about it []. Suicide literacy refers to the knowledge and beliefs regarding suicide: awareness of warning signs, risk factors, prevention and treatment options, attitudes toward suicide, and help-seeking behaviour []. It deals with the understanding of suicide, including risk factors, warning signs, and prevention and it is conceptually narrower than mental health literacy and in the literature [–]. Therefore, suicide literacy is a specific knowledge domain within the broader framework of mental health literacy, while stigma represents an attitudinal barrier that literacy interventions often aim to reduce. Research shows that when people understand more about suicide, they’re more likely to seek help and less likely to hold onto stigma, and they will also make efforts to prevent it from happening around them [, ]. In sub-Saharan Africa, suicide emerges as an important but understudied component of the health burden. According to Global Burden of Disease (GBD) data, Southern and central Sub-Saharan Africa have among the highest age-standardised suicide mortality rates [, ]. While some recent studies in Sub-Saharan Africa and other regions have started looking into these areas, there’s still very little data that directly measures suicide literacy [].