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Author: Lauren Macleod

World Snake Day

Posted on: 16th July 2025 Last updated on: 16th July 2025 Written by: Lauren Macleod Comments: 0
Today we celebrate snake’s unique role in our ecosystem: Most snakes are not aggressive and non-venomous, and often bite in self-defence, when threatened or provoked; trying to kill them will expose you to a higher risk of bite. Photo with…
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ADN Annual Report submitted to Institute of Environmental Futures

On 17 August 2023, Avoidable Deaths Network released its fourth Annual Report. We submitted our first Annual Report to the Institute for Environmental Futures. The Annual Report can be downloaded through this link: Download Annual Report 2022-2023
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‘Gender and Technology’ at the World Anthropology Congress 2023

On 13 August 2023, Dr Madhulika Sahoo and Dr Nibedita Ray-Bennett convened the panel ‘Gender and Technology’ at the World Anthropology Congress 2023 organised by KISS in Bhubaneswar, India. Four abstracts were received for this panel, and three speakers presented their…
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Avoidable Deaths Network On Air of Two Prominent Radios of Barbados

1 December 2021 LISTEN NOW ON SOUNDCLOUD Shayla Murrell – Interviewer Information Officer, Barbados Government Information Service   Daniel Mendez Avoidable Deaths Network Regional Coordinator – Caribbean   Krishna Clarke Avoidable Deaths Network Regional Coordinator – Caribbean   The Avoidable…
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Anyone Can Be Bitten By A Snake, No One Should Die!

Every year, an estimated 5.4 million people worldwide are bitten by snakes, resulting in 1.8 to 2.7 million cases of envenoming (WHO, 2023). Of these, between 81,410 and 137,880 people die, and approximately three times as many suffer amputations or…
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World Snake Day

Today we celebrate snake’s unique role in our ecosystem: Most snakes are not aggressive and non-venomous, and often bite in self-defence, when threatened or provoked; trying to kill them will expose you to a higher risk of bite. Photo with…
Continue reading “World Snake Day”…

Why are “Plastic Deaths” avoidable? The Avoidable Deaths Network campaign against plastic

By Giulia Cristiana According to Tearfund, we are losing one person to plastic pollution every 30 seconds. That is roughly one million people a year. Since its inception in 1907, plastic has quickly become one of the most produced, consumed,…
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