Media Invitation
Kidsafe Turns 30 Today
10.30am Monday 26 October 2009
Fed Square
Playground, Birrarung Marr
Melway Map: 2F Reference: H6
More Australian children aged 1 –
14 years die as a result of injury than from cancer,
asthma and infectious diseases combined. In 2005, 35% of all deaths in this age group
were due to injury.*
Kidsafe,
celebrating its 30th
Birthday,
said
every day, around 180 children are admitted to
hospitals in Australia as a result of injury. Some of these children will suffer permanent scarring
or disability as a result of their injury.
Tragically, on average four children per week in Australia will die as a result of injury.
Injury is the leading cause of death and a major cause of disability among Australian
children
(AIHW 2005). The 2004–05 NHS indicated that one in four children (25%) had
some kind of
injury in the previous 4 weeks that required a ‘health action’ (self-help or
professional help)
(ABS 2006b).
Kidsafe Victoria will celebrate its 30th Birthday today in the playground with the cutting of a ONE
METRE Birthday Cake
and some reflection on achievements over the past 30 years.
Three
Kidsafe Awards will be presented; a lifetime achievement award, a lifetime achievement
research award and also a Kidsafe Champion award to three individual’s for their work over the
last 3 decades in making the world safer for children.
Media Enquiries:
Ron Smith Kidsafe Victoria Mobile: 0417 329 201
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