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Infant food safety is the identification of risky food handling practices and the prevention of illness in infants. The most simple and easiest to implement is handwashing. [12] [13] Food for young children, including formula and baby food can contain pathogens that can make the child very ill and even die. [14] [15] [13]
The Alliance for Safe Children (TASC) is a non-profit organization formed in 2002 to address the issue of child injury in the developing world. [1] The founder is Pete Peterson, former United States Ambassador to Vietnam. [2] Michael Linnon is the technical director. [3] TASC works in cooperation with other organizations, such as the Red Cross ...
Injury prevention is an effort to prevent or reduce the severity of bodily injuries caused by external mechanisms, such as accidents, before they occur. Injury prevention is a component of safety and public health , and its goal is to improve the health of the population by preventing injuries and hence improving quality of life .
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control's mission is to provide leadership in preventing and controlling injuries, i.e., reducing the incidence, severity, and adverse outcomes of injury, the leading cause of death for those aged 1 – 44.
Based on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) WISQARS database for the latest year of data (2010), serious injury kills nearly 10,000 children in America each year. [ 18 ] Pediatric trauma accounted for 59.5% of all mortality for children under 18 in 2004.
Child safety Child safety seat – Seat designed to protect children during traffic collisions; Toy safety – Practice of ensuring that toys meet safety standards; Safe Kids Worldwide – Global non-profit organization working to prevent childhood injury; Patient safety – Prevention, reduction, reporting, and analysis of medical error
Falling is the action of a person or animal losing stability and ending up in a lower position, often on the ground. It is the second-leading cause of accidental death worldwide and a major cause of personal injury, especially for the elderly. [4]
A report published by the WHO in 2004 estimated that some 1.2 million people were killed and 50 million injured in traffic collisions on the roads around the world each year [6] and that traffic accidents were the leading cause of death among children 10–19 years of age. The report also noted that the problem was most severe in developing ...