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September is Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) awareness month.
Songambele raising awareness about disability caused by spinal cord injury
Key facts
- Every year, around the world, between 250 000 and 500 000 people suffer a spinal cord injury (SCI).
- The majority of spinal cord injuries are due to preventable causes such as road traffic crashes, falls or violence.
- People with a spinal cord injury are two to five times more likely to die prematurely than people without a spinal cord injury, with worse survival rates in low- and middle-income countries.
- Spinal cord injury is associated with lower rates of school enrollment and economic participation, and it carries substantial individual and societal costs.
