A tale of three pandemics: Shining a light on a hidden problem.

ABSTRACT: An "epidemic" is an event in which a disease, infectious or non-infectious, is actively spreading within a population and designated area. The term "pandemic" is defined as "an epidemic occurring worldwide, or over a very wide area, crossing international boundaries and usually affecting a large number of people". The global response to the COVID-19 pandemic has not been seen since the outbreak of Human Immunodeficiency Virus in the early eighties. But there is another unseen pandemic running alongside the current COVID-19 pandemic, which affects a vast number of people, crossing international boundaries and occurring in every single country worldwide. The pandemic of traumatic injuries. Traumatic injuries account for 11% of the current Global Burden of Disease, resulting in nearly 5 milli

SUBMITTER: Graham SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9300845 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature