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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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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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International Women’s Day 2025: Accelerate Action for Women’s Inclusion & Resilience

By Maryam Mohammed Samaila At the Avoidable Deaths Network (ADN), we believe that accelerating action means moving beyond words to transformative change. This International Women’s Day (IWD), we stand in solidarity with global efforts to break barriers, drive inclusion, and…
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Well-Fall Deaths Are Avoidable Deaths

By Tahira Khan In District Chiniot, Pakistan, agricultural well falls have been a persistent yet preventable cause of injuries and fatalities among farmers and livestock, with 286 incidents reported from 2013 to 2023. Previously, no protective measures were in place,…
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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”…

Child Drowning: A Major Public Health Concern in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan 

By Md Shafkat Hossain  25 July is World Drowning Prevention Day. Drowning deaths are avoidable, yet every year according to the World Health Organization nearly a quarter of a million people lose their lives to drowning, and almost 82 000 of…
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A Global Anthropocene Earth Science Take on Avoidable Deaths

By Professor Michael G Petterson Purpose of this Article The purpose of this article, written specifically for the Avoidable Deaths Network is to: 1) present a discourse founded in some of the greatest contributions of Earth Science to human thinking;…
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