TY - CHAP
T1 - Unintentional Injuries
AU - Khan, Uzma Rahim
AU - Hyder, Adnan A.
AU - Khudadad, Umerdad
AU - Paichadze, Nino
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Unintentional injuries are responsible for almost three million deaths globally every year. There is striking disparity in the global burden of deaths due to unintentional injuries occurring in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Individual, socioeconomic, and environmental conditions all make a significant contribution to unintentional injuries. There are many proven interventions to prevent and control unintentional injuries, but they have primarily been implemented effectively in high-income countries. LMICs carry a significantly greater burden yet have not had the opportunity, or the resources, to effectively implement many of these interventions. Therefore, a major challenge for LMICs is to implement injury prevention policies at scale. State governments including health, transportation, and other sectors, international development organizations, academia and civil society must continue to work together to strengthen unintentional injury prevention globally.
AB - Unintentional injuries are responsible for almost three million deaths globally every year. There is striking disparity in the global burden of deaths due to unintentional injuries occurring in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Individual, socioeconomic, and environmental conditions all make a significant contribution to unintentional injuries. There are many proven interventions to prevent and control unintentional injuries, but they have primarily been implemented effectively in high-income countries. LMICs carry a significantly greater burden yet have not had the opportunity, or the resources, to effectively implement many of these interventions. Therefore, a major challenge for LMICs is to implement injury prevention policies at scale. State governments including health, transportation, and other sectors, international development organizations, academia and civil society must continue to work together to strengthen unintentional injury prevention globally.
KW - Global health
KW - Injury prevention
KW - Low- and middle-income countries
KW - Unintentional injuries
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85194588568&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-031-33851-9_33
DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-33851-9_33
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85194588568
T3 - Sustainable Development Goals Series
SP - 223
EP - 227
BT - Sustainable Development Goals Series
PB - Springer
ER -