Strong leadership needed to curb traffic accidents, injuries and deaths
Strong leadership is needed at national and local levels if the world is to attain road safety, says the campaign which seeks to halve the number of global deaths and injuries from road traffic accidents by 2020. Halving the number of global deaths and injuries will help countries achieve the sustainable development goals. Goal 3.6 in the health goal of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development calls on governments to take new steps to reduce road traffic fatalities. Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Executive Secretary, Vera Songwe, says it is unacceptable that the risk of death from road traffic accidents in Africa is as high as 26.6 per 100,000 compared to 17.0 in South East Asia and 9.3 in Europe. Road Safety Performance Reviews, jointly undertaken by ECA and the Secretariat of the UN Secretary General's Special Envoy for Road Safety, reveal the extent of the road safety challenge in countries like Uganda and Cameroon. The campaign falls under the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020 that was officially proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in March 2010. Its goal is to stabilize and reduce the forecast level of road traffic deaths around the world.
| Format: | Press release biblioteca |
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| Language: | eng |
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2019-05
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10855/44632 |
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