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While Neurotrauma is a growing public health problem worldwide, governments have not been able to respond to the silent epidemic of brain injury. Neurotrauma, according to the World Health Organization, will surpass many diseases as the major cause of death and disability by the year 2020.
Not-for-profit organizations, professional societies and foundations have begun to address the problem of Neurotrauma through educational conferences, training seminars, prevention activities, passage of laws and regulations, and by providing grant funding.
Private sector partnerships with government entities appear to be a significant means of addressing a major public health problem.
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Zitnay, G.A. (2005). Lessons from National and International TBI Societies and Funds like NBIRTT. In: von Wild, K.R.H. (eds) Re-Engineering of the Damaged Brain and Spinal Cord. Acta Neurochirurgica Supplementum, vol 93. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-211-27577-0_22
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