Comments on: Muza Gondwe: Risky media sensationalizations and my African death risk http://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2010/02/04/muza-gondwe-risky-media-sensationalizations-and-my-african-death-risk/ Just another blogs.bmj.com weblog Sun, 10 Feb 2013 15:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Helen Wakeford http://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2010/02/04/muza-gondwe-risky-media-sensationalizations-and-my-african-death-risk/#comment-5826 Helen Wakeford Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:21:25 +0000 http://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/?p=976#comment-5826 Hi Muza,

I was at both of these talks too! They were good, Ben Goldacre is always very entertaining.

Re: the leading cause of death for women, depressingly domestic violence is the greatest cause of death of women worldwide amongst the 15-44 age group. More than war, cancer, malaria and traffic accidents (World Bank Study World Development Report: Investing in Health, New York, Oxford University Press, 1993).

Interesting blog – thanks,
Helen

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