Raising awareness of 23 avoidable deaths

This booklet synthesises evidence on twenty‑three major causes of mortality that are predictable, preventable, and treatable across low‑ and middle‑income countries (LMIC). Drawing on global health data, disaster studies, and ADN’s avoidable deaths framework (ADF), the booklet highlights how systemic failures across prevention, early detection, timely treatment, governance, and social protection continue to result in unnecessary loss of life. The deaths examined span maternal and reproductive health, communicable and non‑communicable diseases, mental health, violence, human-animal interaction, unintentional injuries, environmental hazards, and structural vulnerabilities. 

Each section outlines the scale of the problem, identifies key risk factors, and demonstrates how targeted interventions, strengthened health systems, community‑led initiatives, and improved disaster risk governance (DRG) can reduce mortality. The booklet aims to raise public awareness, inform policy and practice, and reinforce the Sendai Framework’s call to reduce avoidable disaster deaths (ADD). It positions avoidable mortality as a preventable consequence of modifiable social, infrastructural, and institutional conditions.