Violence and Injury Prevention

Other injury topics publications and resources

Below you will find publications and resources, including documents and fact sheets related to burns and drowning etc.

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Burn prevention: success stories, lessons learned (2011)

Greater application of burn prevention strategies globally would go a long way towards lowering the unacceptable burden of death and suffering from burns. The goal of this WHO publication is to disseminate information on burn prevention strategies that have been successful, as well as those for which there is preliminary evidence suggesting their effectiveness, especially in developing countries.

A WHO plan for burn prevention and care (2008)

Cover of the burns document

The plan outlines what WHO would like to promote in terms of: advocacy, policy, data and measurement, research, prevention, health-care services for victims and capacity building. It includes activities that WHO itself commits to undertake in the near future as well what the entire field of burn prevention and control should be accomplishing in the coming decade. The plan is intended to catalyse efforts to improve the scenario for burn prevention and care and so to significantly diminish the burden of death and suffering from burns globally.

Injury: A leading cause of the global burden of disease, 2000 (2002)

Injury: A leading cause of the global burden of disease 2000 is intended to serve as a reference on the ranking of injuries among other leading causes of the burden of disease to facilitate informed decision-making and increase attention to this significant public health problem among policy-makers, health officials, researchers and the general public. Reference: ISBN 92 4 156232 3; Languages: English

The injury chartbook (2002)

Cover of the injury chart book

Based on the premise that access to accurate, reliable information is the key to sound policy-making, The Injury Chartbook seeks to provide a global overview of the nature and extent of injury mortality and morbidity in the form of user-friendly tables and charts. Reference: ISBN 92 4 156220 X; Language: English

Fact sheets

Facts about injuries: burns (2004)

Facts about injuries: drowning (2003)

Injury facts (2001)

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