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.