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COP27 Round-up

Posted on: 1st December 2022 Last updated on: 1st December 2022 Written by: Denise Corsel Comments: 0
COP27 Round-up By Tom Caley, ADN Writer   Last weekend the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, or COP27, overran by two days as delegates struggled for agreement. To follow up our previous post…
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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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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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#InspireInclusion: International Women’s Day

By Dr. Madhulika Sahoo International Women’s Day (IWD) is a day of collective global action and celebration that belongs to all those committed to shaping women’s equality. The theme for this year IWD 2024 is Inspire Inclusion. According to the…
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