While speaking to The New York Times about the approach he takes with his extensive philanthropic involvements, former mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg highlighted the work that has been done to address low rates of helmet use in Vietnam, referring to the efforts as “among the foundation’s most successful endeavors in [the area of road safety]”. He spoke specifically about the advocacy efforts that led to the passage of the mandatory helmet law in 2007 as being emblematic of the type of work that philanthropists should be focusing on.

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