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Initiative for WHO-resolution on Child injury prevention On 22nd May, the Executive Board of the World Health Organization, which is the major steering instrument within the WHO-governance structure counting 34 members elected by the 193 WHO-member states, strongly endorsed the proposal for issuing a WHO-Resolution on Child Injury Prevention. read more...
EuroSafe releases the latest statistics on injuries due to accident and acts of violence in the EU (15 December 2009) The 2009-report “Injuries in the EU” reveals that each year a staggering 42 million people are treated in hospitals as a result of an accident or violence related injury. The report highlights injury data related to major risk groups such as children, adolescents, senior citizens and pedestrians or bicyclists. Although the magnitude of the injury issue is evident, the majority of the EU-member states still lack adequate injury data to guide their prevention actions. An EU-wide implementation of injury data systems in hospitals will empower authorities in countries and at EU-level, to really make a difference in preventing the enormous trail of destruction that injuries leave behind. EuroSafe pleas for national injury data systems to become mandatory for all Member States. read more...
European Child Safety Alliance (ECSA)  Awarded Scholarship The European Child Safety Alliance has been awarded a scholarship for 20,000 pounds, by Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) to develop child injury prevention impact statements based on quantitative evidence. read more...