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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.
Poison Prevention Packaging Act of 1970; Long title: An Act to amend the Federal Hazardous Substances Act to provide for child resistant packaging to protect children from serious personal injury or serious illness resulting from handling, using, or ingesting a hazardous substance, and for other purposes.
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 .
A Safe Holiday, a poster by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents. The origins of RoSPA date to the First World War when, in response to the 'alarming increase in road accidents' during the blackouts, the London 'Safety First' Council was established on 1 Dec 1916. In 1917, accident data were collected, there was a call to license ...
Prevention of Major Industrial Accidents Convention, 1993 is an International Labour Organization Convention. It was established in 1993, with the preamble stating: Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to the prevention of major industrial accidents,...
Prevention of Accidents (Seafarers) Convention, 1970 is an International Labour Organization Convention.. It was established in 1970: Noting the terms of existing international labour Conventions and Recommendations applicable to work on board ship and in port and relevant to the prevention of occupational accidents to seafarers, and in particular of the Labour Inspection (Seamen ...
Organization Mission Web Site The National Association of Children's Hospitals & Related Institutions: Clinical care, research, training, and advocacy: www.childrenshospitals.net Child Health Corporation of America: Business strategies, safety & quality: www.chca.com National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality: Education and research ...
The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) is a British child protection charity founded as the Liverpool Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (LSPCC) by Thomas Agnew on 19 April 1883. The NSPCC lobbies the government on issues relating to child welfare, and creates child abuse public awareness campaigns.