UNSW researchers say implementation of new fall prevention strategies will have real impact on lives Researchers from the George Institute for Global Health and UNSW Medicine & Health’s School of Population Health say recommendations in a new technical report from the World Health Organisation (WHO)– released this week – will reduce suffering and loss that result from falls. The report, called Step safely: Strategies for preventing and managing falls across the life-course, urges governments, health professionals and practitioners to take urgent action to implement the recommendations. Professor Rebecca Ivers, Head of the UNSW School of Population Health and Founding Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre (CC) for Injury Prevention and Trauma Care, was an executive editor of Step safely and co-authored the evidence synthesis that informed the report. She said falls prevention couldn’t be tackled as a one-off health issue or in silos, instead requiring a life-course approach.