World Health Assembly adopts new resolution on road safety

May 24, 2016

The World Health Assembly decided to reaffirm the gravity of the global road safety crisis in their recent resolution. Photo credit: World Health Organization.
The World Health Assembly decided to reaffirm the gravity of the global road safety crisis in their recent resolution. Photo credit: World Health Organization.

For the first time since 2004, the World Health Assembly has adopted a resolution on road safety, noting that urgent action is needed to achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals target to reduce road traffic deaths and injuries by 50% by 2020. Among other items, the resolution calls for national strategies and plans to address the needs of the most vulnerable people on the roads, including children and youth. The document also acknowledges the role that evidence-based interventions and road safety education play in decreasing the rates of road crashes globally.

Read the draft resolution .

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