PHA-Exchange> The hidden epidemic of road-traffic injuries

[Claudio]

From: Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC) 
 EQUIDAD at LISTSERV.PAHO.ORG 


MAKE ROADS SAFE: A NEW PRIORITY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT


Commission for Global Road Safety, June 2006

 

Available online as PDF file [80p.] at: http://www.makeroadssafe.org/documents/make_roads_safe_low_res.pdf 

 

"...This report aims to focus political and public attention on a global road traffic injury epidemic that claims the lives of more than 1.2 million people and injures around 50 million annually.

 

Road traffic injuries are responsible for a global health burden similar to malaria and tuberculosis, and as with those diseases road crashes hit developing countries hardest. Yet while the fight against malaria and TB justifiably commands considerable funding and political and media attention, global road safety is seriously under-resourced in all these respects.

 

Global road safety has barely featured on the international political agenda, yet it should be a priority for sustainable development. Our report sets out the arguments for including road safety in sustainable development strategies. It calls for high level political leadership on the issue and a significant scaling up of resources. Both are needed urgently..."

 

The hidden epidemic of road-traffic injuries

The Lancet, Volume 367, Number 9527, 17 June 2006
Editorial: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673606688557/fulltext 

 

 
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