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[Celebrating Strength, Resilience, and the Women Who Shape Our Lives](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2026/03/07/celebrating-strength-resilience-and-the-women-who-shape-our-lives/) - [Leading the Change: Women Shaping a Sustainable Future](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2026/03/07/leading-the-change-women-shaping-a-sustainable-future/) - [Extreme Heat, Loss and Damage, and the Urgency of Avoidable Deaths](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2026/02/28/extreme-heat-loss-and-damage-and-the-urgency-of-avoidable-deaths/) - [Join the Global Movement: Mark International Awareness Day for Avoidable Deaths (IAD4AD) in March 2026](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2026/02/28/join-the-global-movement-mark-international-awareness-day-for-avoidable-deaths-iad4ad-in-march-2026/) - [Saving Lives Is Not Enough: More is Needed in the UK](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2019/11/24/saving-lives-is-not-enough-more-is-needed-in-the-uk/) - [Future Leaders for Avoidable Deaths](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2025/12/20/future-leaders-for-avoidable-deaths/) - [Letter from the Editor-in-Chief](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2025/12/20/letter-from-the-editor-in-chief-3/) - [International Drowning Prevention Day Celebrations](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2025/12/20/international-drowning-prevention-day-celebrations/) - [ADN Special Sessions Update](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2025/12/20/adn-special-sessions-update/) - [Case Station for Avoidable Snakebite Deaths](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2025/12/20/case-station-for-avoidable-snakebite-deaths/) - [Case Station for Avoidable Tsunami Deaths](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2025/12/20/case-station-for-avoidable-tsunami-deaths/) - [Case Station for Avoidable Heatwave Deaths](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2025/12/20/case-station-for-avoidable-heatwave-deaths/) - [Junior Champions for Avoidable Deaths](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2025/12/20/junior-champions-for-avoidable-deaths/) - [ADN Network on Loss and Damage](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2025/12/20/adn-network-on-loss-and-damage/) - [Drowning Deaths](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2025/12/20/drowning-deaths/) - [Maternal Deaths](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2025/12/20/maternal-deaths/) - [Global Campaign: International Awareness Day for Avoidable Deaths](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2025/12/20/global-campaign-international-awareness-day-for-avoidable-deaths-2/) - [ADN Country Chapter Updates](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2025/12/20/adn-country-chapter-updates-2/) - [Updates on Sendai Goals A and B](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2025/12/20/updates-on-sendai-goals-a-and-b-3/) - [Perspectives on Avoidable Deaths](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2025/12/20/perspectives-on-avoidable-deaths-8/) - [Climate Leadership for Climate Action](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2025/11/22/climate-leadership-for-climate-action/) - [When Climate Crises Become Health Crises: The Hidden Impact on Pregnant Women](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2025/11/22/when-climate-crises-become-health-crises-the-hidden-impact-on-pregnant-women/) - [Seeds of Resilience: Lessons from Odisha for a Climate-Just Future](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2025/11/19/seeds-of-resilience-lessons-from-odisha-for-a-climate-just-future/) - [Lightning The Silent Killer: How Climate Change is Fuelling Lightning Strikes and Fatalities- and how India leads Building Lightning Resilience of Communities](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2025/11/13/lightning-the-silent-killer-how-climate-change-is-fuelling-lightning-strikes-and-fatalities-and-how-india-leads-building-lightning-resilience-of-communities/) - [The Young and the Displaced: Why Loss and Damage Demands Action](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2025/11/17/the-young-and-the-displaced-why-loss-and-damage-demands-action/) - [Using COP as an Opportunity to Reflect on the Relationship Between Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2025/11/18/using-cop-as-an-opportunity-to-reflect-on-the-relationship-between-climate-change-and-disaster-risk-reduction/) - [Information Integrity: Keeping the data in mind during COP30](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2025/11/13/information-integrity-keeping-the-data-in-mind-during-cop30/) - [Challenging Anthropocentrism: Non-Human Loss and Damage and the Climate Debt in Heat-Stressed Urban India](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2025/11/12/challenging-anthropocentrism-non-human-loss-and-damage-and-the-climate-debt-in-heat-stressed-urban-india/) - [Adaptation That Works: From Local Action to Global Ambition at COP30](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2025/11/10/adaptation-that-works-from-local-action-to-global-ambition-at-cop30/) - [The Economics of Indian Antivenom](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2025/01/28/the-economics-of-indian-antivenom/) - By Chloe Vasquez Globally, antivenom markets are broken and unreliable, plagued by sky-high prices, severe shortages and the constant drop-out of producers from the market. In India, however, antivenoms are cheap and widely available. So, how is India producing so much antivenom at such a low cost? The Indian government has price controls on antivenom, - [Well-Fall Deaths Are Avoidable Deaths](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2025/03/06/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, leading to severe injuries such as 30 head trauma cases and 25 fractures cases, primarily - [International Women’s Day 2025: Accelerate Action for Women’s Inclusion & Resilience](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2025/03/08/international-womens-day-2025-accelerate-action-for-womens-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 create a world where women’s contributions are recognized, valued, and supported. The theme of IWD - [Why are “Plastic Deaths” avoidable? The Avoidable Deaths Network campaign against plastic](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2025/03/26/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, and disposed-of materials. As recently as 2011, the polymer was revered by the American Plastics - [Anyone Can Be Bitten By A Snake, No One Should Die!](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2025/09/16/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 other permanent disabilities. These outcomes are preventable. International Snakebite Awareness Day, observed on 19 September, - [World Snake Day](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2025/07/16/world-snake-day/) - [Letter from the Editor-in-Chief](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2024/12/21/letter-from-the-editor-in-chief-2/) - [Case Station for Avoidable Snakebite Deaths (CaSA)](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2024/12/21/case-station-for-avoidable-snakebite-deaths-casa/) - [Tsunami Deaths Project](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2024/12/21/tsunami-deaths-project/) - [Drowning in LMIC Settings](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2024/12/21/drowning-in-lmic-settings/) - [Reproductive Health in Disasters Project](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2024/12/21/reproductive-health-in-disasters-project/) - [ADN Junior Champion Magazine](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2024/12/21/adn-junior-champion-magazine/) - [Global Campaign: International Awareness Day for Avoidable Deaths](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2024/12/21/global-campaign-international-awareness-day-for-avoidable-deaths/) - [Affiliate Project Update](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2024/12/21/affiliate-project-update/) - [ADN Country Chapter Updates](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2024/12/21/adn-country-chapter-updates/) - [Perspectives on Avoidable Deaths](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2024/12/21/perspectives-on-avoidable-deaths-7/) - [Updates on Sendai Goals A and B](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2024/12/21/updates-on-sendai-goals-a-and-b-2/) - [Child Drowning: A Major Public Health Concern in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan ](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2024/07/24/child-drowning-a-major-public-health-concern-in-bangladesh-india-and-pakistan/) - [A Global Anthropocene Earth Science Take on Avoidable Deaths](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2024/05/13/a-global-anthropocene-earth-science-take-on-avoidable-deaths/) - [#InspireInclusion: International Women’s Day](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2024/03/08/inspireinclusion-international-womens-day/) - [Avoidable Deaths Network (ADN): Building a Public Discourse on Saving Lives](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2024/03/06/building-a-public-discourse-on-saving-lives/) - [Disaster deaths post major emergencies and how can they be reduced](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2024/03/01/disaster-deaths-post-major-emergencies-and-how-can-they-be-reduced/) - [Letter from the Editor-in-Chief](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2024/01/01/letter-from-the-editor-in-chief/) - [Loss and Damage Funds Must Target the Most Vulnerable and Be Just](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2023/12/24/loss-and-damage-funds-must-target-the-most-vulnerable-and-be-just/) - [Hazards catalogue of Bangladesh and Oman: A first step in risk assessment](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2023/12/24/hazards-catalogue-of-bangladesh-and-oman-a-first-step-in-risk-assessment/) - [Shine Light on an ADN’s Project: Avoidable Snakebite Deaths](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2023/12/24/shine-light-on-an-adns-project-avoidable-snakebite-deaths/) - [Shine a Light on ADN’s Project: Junior Champions in Osaka Have Been Working on Avoiding Tsunami Deaths since 2013](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2023/12/24/shine-a-light-on-adns-project-junior-champions-in-osaka-have-been-working-on-avoiding-tsunami-deaths-since-2013/) - [Perspectives on Avoidable Deaths](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2023/12/24/perspectives-on-avoidable-deaths-6/) - [Perspectives on Avoidable Deaths](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2023/12/24/5636/) - [Perspectives on Avoidable Deaths](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2023/12/24/perspectives-on-avoidable-deaths-5/) - [Updates on Sendai Goals A and B](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2023/12/24/updates-on-sendai-goals-a-and-b/) - [ADN Annual Report submitted to Institute of Environmental Futures](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2023/08/19/adn-annual-report-submitted-to-institute-of-environmental-futures/) - ['Gender and Technology’ at the World Anthropology Congress 2023](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2023/08/17/gender-and-technology-at-the-world-anthropology-congress-2023/) - [The Turkey-Syria Earthquake: a Foucauldian case study of the degeneration of human life](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2023/07/04/the-turkey-syria-earthquake-a-foucauldian-case-study-of-the-degeneration-of-human-life/) - [Exploring Argentina](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2023/06/30/exploring-argentina/) - [Unveiling the Tragedy: Investigating the Causes and Consequences of a Devastating Train Accident](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2023/06/08/unveiling-the-tragedy-investigating-the-causes-and-consequences-of-a-devastating-train-accident/) - [Celebrating International Women’s Day with the Avoidable Deaths Network](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2023/03/06/celebrating-international-womens-day-with-the-avoidable-deaths-network/) - [Junior Champions' Work on Avoiding Deaths of Tsunamis](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2022/12/23/junior-champions-work-on-avoiding-deaths-of-tsunamis/) - [Deaths Due to Lightning in the Tribal Regions of Odisha, India](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2022/12/23/deaths-due-to-lightning-in-the-t0ribal-regions-of-odisha-india/) - [Avoidable Deaths of Migrants Attempting to Get to Europe by Sea](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2022/12/23/avoidable-deaths-of-migrants-attempting-to-get-to-europe-by-sea/) - [Shine Light on an ADN’s Project: Regional Network for First Responders (RN4FR)](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2022/12/23/shine-light-on-an-adns-project-regional-network-for-first-responders-rn4fr/) - [Reflecting on My Role as ADN’s Junior Champion](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2022/12/23/reflecting-on-my-role-as-adns-junior-champion/) - [Perspectives on Avoidable Deaths](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2022/12/23/perspectives-on-avoidable-deaths-4/) - [Perspectives on Avoidable Deaths](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2022/12/23/perspectives-on-avoidable-deaths-3/) - [Updates on Sendai Goals 1 and 2](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2022/12/23/updates-on-sendai-goals-1-and-2-3/) - [COP27 Round-up](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2022/12/01/cop27-round-up/) - [Loss and Damage at COP27](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2022/11/10/loss-and-damage-at-cop27/) - [International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction 2022](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2022/10/19/international-day-for-disaster-risk-reduction/) - [Rapid Review of Flood Damage and Loss in Pakistan](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2022/09/28/rapid-review-of-flood-damage-and-loss-in-pakistan/) - [Welcome to ADN!](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2019/01/11/hi/) - [Drowning Prevention – A Personal Story from my Village Runia, India](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2022/07/28/drowning-prevention-a-personal-story-from-my-village-runia-india/) - [A Poem Shared by an ADN Junior Champion](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2022/03/04/a-poem-by-an-adn-junior-champion/) - [Perspectives on Avoidable Deaths](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2021/12/22/perspectives-on-avoidable-deaths-2/) - [School Pupils in Osaka are Champions for Avoidable Deaths from Tsunamis](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2021/12/22/school-pupils-in-osaka-are-champions-for-avoidablde-deaths/) - [Updates on Sendai Goals 1 and 2](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2021/12/22/updates-on-sendai-goals-1-and-2-2/) - [Risk, Crisis, Disaster and Development Management (RCDDM): Future Leader Programme](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2021/12/22/risk-crisis-disaster-and-development-management-rcddm-future-leader-programme/) - [Perspectives on Avoidable Deaths](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2021/12/22/perspectives-on-avoidable-deaths/) - [Avoidable Deaths Network On Air of Two Prominent Radios of Barbados](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2021/12/09/avoidable-deaths-network-on-air-of-two-prominent-radios-of-barbados/) - [Commonwealth Distance Learning Scholarships Awarded](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2021/04/16/commonwealth-distance-learning-scholarships-awarded/) - [International Women’s Day](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2021/03/08/international-womens-day/) - [First Milestone Achieved for the IPPF-Funded Project](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2021/03/05/first-milestone-achieved-for-the-ippf-funded-project/) - [Meeting the Winners of the Art Project on ‘Hope’](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2020/11/27/meeting-the-winners-of-the-art-project-on-hope/) - [Disaster Risk Governance for District-Level Landslide Risk Management in Rangamati, Bangladesh](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2020/10/29/disaster-risk-governance-for-district-level-landslide-risk-management-in-rangamati-bangladesh/) - [Fighting Fire with Fire: Tackling Australia Bushfires with Indigenous Knowledge](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2020/10/29/fighting-fire-with-fire-tackling-australia-bushfires-with-indigenous-knowledge/) - [Indigenous Practices of Containing the Infection of COVID-19 in India](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2020/10/29/indigenous-practices-of-containing-the-infection-of-covid-19-in-india/) - [Disastrous Floods in the Midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Kasese District of Uganda](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2020/10/29/disastrous-floods-in-the-midst-of-the-covid-19-pandemic-in-kasese-district-of-uganda/) - [Updates on Sendai Goals 1 and 2](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2020/10/29/updates-on-sendai-goals-1-and-2/) - [Design for Accessible-to-All Toilets Using Lego Models: Update from ADN's Junior Champion](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2020/10/29/design-for-accessible-to-all-toilets-using-lego-models-update-from-adns-junior-champion/) - [School Pupils in Osaka are Champions for Avoidable Deaths from Tsunamis](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2020/10/29/school-pupils-in-osaka-are-champions-for-avoidable-deaths-from-tsunamis/) - [Updates on Sendai Goals 1 and 2](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2019/11/24/update-on-the-united-nations-office-on-disaster-risk-reductions-undrr-effort-to-reduce-deaths-excerpts-from-two-un-reports-2016-and-2017/) - [Hurricane Dorian](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2019/11/24/hurricane-dorian/) - [The Paradox of Similar Disaster Events Causing Different Impacts](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2019/11/24/913/) - [Reflections from the 2019 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, Geneva, Switzerland](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2019/11/24/reflections-from-the-2019-global-platform-for-disaster-risk-reduction-geneva-switzerland/) - ['Challenges for the New World' by: ADN’s Junior Champion, Arkoneil Ghosh](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2020/07/31/challenges-for-the-new-world-by-adns-junior-champion-arkoneil-ghosh/) - ['Reflective Short Piece on the Situation in India' by ADN's Junior Champion, Arkoneil Ghosh](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2020/06/03/reflective-short-piece-on-the-situation-in-india-by-adns-junior-champion-arkoneil-ghosh/) - [Project - Improving the Quality and Availability of Reproductive Health in Disasters](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2019/06/11/project-improving-the-quality-and-availability-of-reproductive-health-in-disasters/) - [Book on 'Avoidable Deaths: A Systems Failure Approach to Disaster Risk Management’](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2019/02/02/book-on-avoidable-deaths-a-systems-failure-approach-to-disaster-risk-management/) - [Japan selects 'disaster' character to define 2018](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2019/01/13/my-first-blog/) - ['A Reflection on My PhD Fieldwork Experience Kalimpong district, India' by ADN's Intern and previous Administrator, Peter McGowran](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2020/06/05/a-reflection-on-my-phd-fieldwork-experience-kalimpong-district-india-by-adns-intern-and-previous-administrator-peter-mcgowran/) - [Project - RCDDM: Future Leader Programme](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2019/06/12/project-rcddm-future-leader-programme/) - ['Project NHS Hero Inspiration Wall - Royal Free Hospital ICU' by Intern for the IPPF-funded project on Reproductive Health, Nima Roy](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2020/05/25/project-nhs-hero-inspiration-wall-royal-free-hospital-icu-by-intern-for-the-ippf-funded-project-on-reproductive-health-nima-roy/) - ['COVID-19 in The Netherlands: Both a Biological Disaster and an Economic Disaster' by ADN's Knowledge Exchange Officer, Jos Bal](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2020/05/23/covid-19-in-the-netherlands-both-a-biological-disaster-and-an-economic-disaster-by-adns-knowledge-exchange-officer-jos-bal/) - [Personal Reflective Blog on COVID-19, by ADN's Affiliate, Silvia Zanini](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2020/05/08/personal-reflective-blog-on-covid-19-written-by-adns-affiliate-silvia-zanini/) - ['Is Odisha leading to fight against COVID-19?' by ADN's Affiliates, Dr. Jalandhar Pradhan, Mr. Niranjan Bariyar and Dr. Madhulika Sahoo](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2020/05/17/is-odisha-leading-to-fight-against-covid-19-by-dr-jalandhar-pradhan-mr-niranjan-bariyar-and-dr-madhulika-sahoo/) - ['COVID-19: A Social Response to an Anti-Social Virus' by ADN's Media and Communications Manager, Matthew Merry](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2020/05/15/covid-19-a-social-response-to-an-anti-social-virus-by-adns-media-and-communications-manager-matthew-merry/) - [Belize COVID-19 Update from ADN's Regional Coordinator, Daniel Mendez](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2020/05/11/belize-covid-19-update-from-adns-regional-coordinator-daniel-mendez/) - [Digital Transformation Overnight from Our ADN Junior Champion, Arkoneil Ghosh](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2020/05/02/digital-transformation-overnight-from-our-adn-junior-champion-arkoneil-ghosh/) - [Social distancing a learning experience! Written by ADN's Intern, Meharaj Bano](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2020/04/24/social-distancing-a-learning-experience-written-by-adns-intern-meharaj-ban/) - [Birthday Wishes from Professor Peter Jackson](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2020/03/14/birthday-wishes-from-professor-peter-jackson/) - [Update from Our ADN Junior Champion, Arkoneil Ghosh](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2020/03/19/update-from-our-adn-junior-champion-arkoneil-ghosh/) - [Understanding Social Distance, Written by our Regional Coordinator in India, Dr Madhulika Sahoo](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2020/04/19/understanding-social-distance-written-by-our-regional-coordinator-in-india-dr-madhulika-sahoo/) - [COVID-19 Overview in Africa from our Regional Coordinator in Nigeria, Dr Azukaego Nnaji](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2020/04/17/covid-19-overview-in-africa-from-our-regional-coordinator-in-nigeria-dr-azuka-nnaji/) - [Caribbean COVID-19 Update from our Regional Coordinator, Krishna Clarke](https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/2020/04/06/caribbean-covid-19-update/) - 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