Fig. 5

Effect of cyclical program funding on reductions in suicidal behavior among children and adolescents (7 − 17 years) in Bogotá, Colombia. Continuous funding (blue): school-based suicide prevention programs + anti-bullying programs + gatekeeper suicide prevention training + suicide helplines (intervention scenario g in Fig. 3), continuously funded from 1 January 2023 until the end of the simulation. Cyclical funding (red): school-based suicide prevention programs + anti-bullying programs + gatekeeper suicide prevention training + suicide helplines, commencing in 2023 (as in the continuous funding simulation), but with discontinuous funding, so that all four interventions end and restart midway through 2026 and 2030 (we assumed a 4-year funding cycle aligned with, although not necessarily attributable to, presidential elections). Median values derived from the sensitivity analyses are plotted as solid lines. Pointwise 95% and 50% intervals are indicated with light and dark shading, respectively