2012 News
Articles
21/12/12 - ECSA Winter Workshop Presentations Now Available Online
This year's topics: Child Bicycle Safety in Europe, and Integrating Child Injury Prevention into Professional and Academic Curricula.
18/12/12 - World Conference on Drowning Prevention 2013
The call for abstracts has been extended to 31 January, the conference will be held in Germany on October 20 - 22.
18/12/12 - New: ANEC, ECSA and Euro NCAP's joint statement on child safety in cars (PDF 142kb)
Based on evidence of their superior safety, we are strongly in support of rearward-facing CRS for older children.
18/12/12 - ECSA Founding Member Dr. Erwin Van Kerschaver to Retire
Belgium country partner representative Dr. Erwin Van Kerschaver has announced his upcoming retirement.
18/12/12 - French beer tax- a step in the right direction
The French government has increased tax on beer by 160% which will help address alcohol related harm and improve public budget.
07/12/12 - Poverty and Child Injury
ECSA highlights the connection at EPHA's Parliament event, From Rhetoric to Action: Tackling Child Poverty and Promoting Children's Health and Well Being
02/10/12 - ECSA presents at ISCAIP's Biennial meeting in New Zealand
Influencing the uptake of good practices.
06/08/12 - Children in Hot Cars: Often a Tragic Mistake
Even in mild summer weather, the temperature in a car quickly rises to dangerous levels for children, whose body temperature rises 3 to 5 times faster than adults.
09/07/12 - Preventing Alcohol Harm at an EU Level
Event highlights the breadth of alcohol harm and the urgency of unified EU action.
03/07/12 - Country Focus: Bulgaria's 2012 Report Card Launch
Tying to community organisations and action
02/07/12 - Country Focus: Ireland's 2012 Report Card Launch
Building on strong MEP Support
02/07/12 - Highlights from the European Launch of the 2012 Child Safety Report Cards
On June 12, 2012, the European Child Safety Alliance launched the third round of child safety report cards in the European Parliament, Strasbourg.
01/06/12 - Kick Off meeting for the PROSAFE Joint Action on Fireworks
Out of the 27,000 injuries annually, over 50% are to children 19 and younger.
31/05/12 - Ireland's Water Safety Week 2012
In advance of the holidays, IWS leads a dynamic campaign to prevent child drownings.
24/05/12 - Launch of Plan of Action for the Global Campaign for Violence Prevention (GCVP) for the period 2012-2020
The Plan presents six national level goals and strategies to help reduce violence, including child maltreatment.
09/05/12 - ECSA attends High Level Conference - "EU Health Programmes: results and perspectives"
Success stories from funded health programmes shared and priorities for the third programme discussed.
09/05/12 - NGOs call for a comprehensive Alcohol Policy Strategy in the EU 2013-2020
EC should better regulate alcohol marketing and protect children and youth from alcohol's harm.
30/04/12 - Comprehensive CDC Child Unintentional Injury Report Released
Report covering 2000 - 2009 shows unintentional injury remains leading cause of death, with increases in teen poisonings and infant suffocation.
20/04/12 - 2012 Child Safety Report Cards soon to be launched
Launch will take place on June 12 at the European Parliament in Strasbourg with the support of MEP Malcolm Harbour and Health and Consumer Policy Commissioner John Dalli.
20/04/12 - Unique Youth and Road Safety Action Kit launched
Accessible and scientific global guide written for young people by young people.
02/04/12 - Israel's Child Safety Action Plan receives government endorsement
Multi Ministry Committee to implement plans
12/03/12 - Children as Hidden Victims of Domestic Violence
EU Symposium highlights new strategies for protecting children.
12/03/12 - New ECSA Website Feature: Unsafe Products Link
Children's clothes, toys and childcare products dominate unsafe product reports.
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