Please find attached the first issue of 'Action on Accidents and Injuries', the Newsletter of the Working Party on Accidents and Injuries, supported by the EC Public Health Programme. This newsletter replaces the IPP Newsletter.

The contents of this issue of Action on Accidents and Injuries is as follows:

• FOCUS on child safety
• EU Strategy for a Safer Europe
• Societal costs of injury
• New member state in the spotlight
• IDB launch in Malta
• Project developments
• National news
• Events