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Muthukutti, a 23-year-old man from Surangudi, India, stands outside his home.

Fireworks and Heartbreak in a Hard-Hit Indian Village

People set off firecrackers during the Diwali festival of lights in Om Nagar sector-11 near Mini Secretariat, on October 31, 2024 in Gurugram, India.

‘Invisible Suffering’: Deadly Risks in India’s Fireworks Factories

Police in Bogota wearing bright neon green safety shirts conduct speeding checks on a heavily trafficked road.

Language Reform Drives Change in Road Safety Journalism

Dozens of bystanders look on as they watch rescuers in a helicopter search the site of a capsized cruise boat on Lake Victoria near Mutima village, south of Kampala, Uganda, on a grey, cloudy day.

The Push to Prevent Drownings in Uganda

Children hold signs and giant paper cigarettes emblazoned with "No Smoking" to raise awareness of the harms caused by tobacco products on World No Tobacco Day. Mumbai, India, May 31, 2022.

NCDs Are Coming for Youth. Are They Up for the Fight?

A photo of a pair of Royal Bengal Tigers in the Sundarbans. Photo by Dr. Niaz Abdur Rahman.

‘Forest Means Fear’: Tiger Attacks in the Sundarbans

Aerial view of a safer streets intervention at Dragão do Mar in Fortaleza, Brazil, carried out in partnership with the National Association of Transportation Officials-Global Designing Cities Initiative (NACTO-GDCI) as part of the Bloomberg Philanthropies Initiative for Global Road Safety. Image: Victor Macedo, Courtesy of Vital Strategies

That “Car Accident” Is No “Accident”—It’s an Under-recognized Public Health Crisis

Gun Sales and Risks Surge with US COVID-19 Cases

Traffic jam in downtown Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, July 2012. Image: Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty

When You Live Close to the Hospital, But Can’t Reach It in Time

A nurse carries a container with Malaria vaccine Mosquirix at Ewim Polyclinic in Cape Coast, Ghana, on April 30, 2019. Image: Cristina Aldehuela/AFP/Getty

The “4 Ds” that Threaten Middle-Income Countries

An aerial view of Accra, Ghana’s Lapaz intersection prior to a safety redesign. (Photo: Accra Metropolitan Assembly)

The Road’s Toll: How to Reduce 1.35 Million Traffic Deaths

Mohammed Adjei Sowah, the mayor of Accra, Ghana, at a Bloomberg Philanthropies Global Road Safety partner meeting in New York on October 10, 2018.

Driving Change and Saving Lives