Injuries

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Governance
Alexis Hanquinquant of France and Nantenin Keita of France prepare to light the cauldron during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Paralympics.

Closing the Paralympic-Olympic Viewership Divide

by Mariel Ferragamo

The Paris Paralympic Games had great visibility, but there's more to pulling off an equitable competition

Urbanization
Mayor Chilando Chitangala wears a light blue tweed blazer and sitesin a black desk chair in her office

Road Safety in Lusaka

Mayor Chilando Chitangala on road safety, public health, and her political ambitions

Two men are photographed from the waist up drinking beers out of the bottles at a a casual bar in the Manila metro area, in the Philippines
Gender

For Young Men, Alcohol Does Not Have to Be a Death Sentence

by Max Griswold, Dana Bryazka, Katherine Leach-Kemon, Erin Mullany, Emmanuela Gakidou

For males ages 15 to 49, drinking alcohol causes nearly 10 percent of all years lost to death and disability

A boy, suffering from an extensive burn injury, holds a pencil to write during a lesson inside his the classroom at a primary school in Zhuanji town, Anhui province, China, on November 15, 2011.
Poverty

A Burning Issue

by Laura Hoemeke, Joshua Korn, Natalie Meyers, Kiran Nakarmi

Every three seconds, someone around the world requires medical attention for burns

Vehicles are stuck in a traffic jam on a highway, in Jal el-Dib, Lebanon, on March 9, 2021.
Urbanization

Injuries: A Leading Killer of Youth in Lebanon

by Samar Al-Hajj, Ali H. Mokdad

Traffic accidents are wreaking havoc on young lives, especially children who are refugees

Picture shows Olive Kobusingye, Executive Director, Injury Control Center at Makerere Medical School in Kampala, Uganda. She is looking at the camera against a bright, blurred out background wearing a red-and-blue shirt in this posed shot.
Environment

Injuries, Drowning and Boat Safety in Sub-Saharan Africa

Interview with Olive Kobusingye, Executive Director, Injury Control Center at Makerere Medical School in Kampala, Uganda