World Report on Road Traffic Injury Prevention - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook World Report on Road Traffic Injury Prevention write by Marjorie Peden. This book was released on 2008-09. World Report on Road Traffic Injury Prevention available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Every day thousands of people are killed and injured on our roads. Millions of people each year will spend long weeks in the hospital after severe crashes and many will never be able to live, work or play as they used to do. Current efforts to address road safety are minimal in comparison to this growing human suffering. This report presents a comprehensive overview of what is known about the magnitude, risk factors and impact of road traffic injuries, and about ways to prevent and lessen the impact of road crashes. Over 100 experts, from all continents and different sectors -- including transport, engineering, health, police, education and civil society -- have worked to produce the report. Charts and tables.
World Report on Road Traffic Injury Prevention
World Report on Road Traffic Injury Prevention - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook World Report on Road Traffic Injury Prevention write by M. M. Peden. This book was released on 2004-03-23. World Report on Road Traffic Injury Prevention available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Every day, thousands of people are killed and injured on roads around the world, with the costs of this growing, but largely preventable, public health concern disproportionately affecting vulnerable social groups and developing countries. In order to address these issues, the World Health Organization and the World Bank have produced this joint report on road traffic injury prevention, based on the collaborative contributions of experts and institutions, from all continents and different sectors, including transport, engineering, health, police, education and civil society. It presents a comprehensive overview of the magnitude, risk factors and impact of road traffic injuries, and about ways to prevent and lessen the impact of road crashes.
World Report on Child Injury Prevention
World Report on Child Injury Prevention - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook World Report on Child Injury Prevention write by M. M. Peden. This book was released on 2008. World Report on Child Injury Prevention available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Child injuries are largely absent from child survival initiatives presently on the global agenda. Through this report, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children's Fund and many partners have set out to elevate child injury to a priority for the global public health and development communities. It should be seen as a complement to the UN Secretary-General's study on violence against children released in late 2006 (that report addressed violence-related or intentional injuries). Both reports suggest that child injury and violence prevention programs need to be integrated into child survival and other broad strategies focused on improving the lives of children. Evidence demonstrates the dramatic successes in child injury prevention in countries which have made a concerted effort. These results make a case for increasing investments in human resources and institutional capacities. Implementing proven interventions could save more than a thousand children's lives a day.--p. vii.
Global Status Report on Road Safety
Global Status Report on Road Safety - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Global Status Report on Road Safety write by . This book was released on 2009. Global Status Report on Road Safety available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Approximately 1.3 million people die each year on the world's roads, and between 20 and 50 million sustain non-fatal injuries. The Global status report on road safety is the first broad assessment of the road safety situation in 178 countries, using data drawn from a standardized survey. The results show that road traffic injuries remain an important public health problem, particularly for low-income and middle-income countries. Pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists make up almost half of those killed on the roads, highlighting the need for these road users to be given more attention in road safety programmes. The results suggest that in many countries road safety laws need to be made more comprehensive while enforcement should be strengthened. The Global status report on road safety results clearly show that significantly more action is needed to make the world's roads safer. [Ed.]
Global Status Report on Road Safety 2015
Global Status Report on Road Safety 2015 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Global Status Report on Road Safety 2015 write by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2015-12-17. Global Status Report on Road Safety 2015 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "The Global status report on road safety 2015, reflecting information from 180 countries, indicates that worldwide the total number of road traffic deaths has plateaued at 1.25 million per year, with the highest road traffic fatality rates in low-income countries. In the last three years, 17 countries have aligned at least one of their laws with best practice on seat-belts, drink-driving, speed, motorcycle helmets or child restraints. While there has been progress towards improving road safety legislation and in making vehicles safer, the report shows that the pace of change is too slow. Urgent action is needed to achieve the ambitious target for road safety reflected in the newly adopted 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: halving the global number of deaths and injuries from road traffic crashes by 2020. Made possible through funding from Bloomberg Philanthropies, this report is the third in the series, and provides a snapshot of the road safety situation globally, highlighting the gaps and the measures needed to best drive progress."--Publisher's description.
