Governments adopt resolution to further action on road safety
On 10 April 2014 the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on “Improving global road safety”. The resolution was sponsored by the Government of the Russian Federation and co-sponsored by dozens of other countries. Among key decisions, the resolution welcomes the offer of the Government of Brazil to host the Second Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety in 2015; encourages the inclusion of road safety in the post-2015 development agenda; invites WHO to continue monitoring progress in the Decade of Action; and requests organization of the Third UN Global Road Safety Week in 2015 on children and road safety.
Preventing injuries and violence: a guide for ministries of health
Ministries of health have a key role in addressing injuries and violence, in the context of a multi-sectoral response. This document was developed to help ministries of health understand their precise role in setting up durable and effective programmes. It leads the user through the stages of designing, implementing and evaluating injury and violence prevention efforts, always stressing collaboration with other sectors. The various tasks of organization, policy development, data collection, advocacy and capacity-building are described. Both new and established units of injury and violence prevention should find inspiration for their programmes in this document.
WHO launches new tool to support development of strong road safety mass media campaigns around the world
The “Online library of road safety mass media campaigns” is a new resource for governments and civil society organizations. The library, which contains some of the world’s most impactful road safety video and audio campaigns, is intended as inspiration for those planning to produce their own campaigns by offering a range of creative ideas and concepts. The library, which is searchable by topic, such as drinking and driving, motorcycle helmets, and seat-belts; language; or WHO region, currently includes around 60 campaigns from Australia, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Czech Republic, India, Kenya, Mexico, Russian Federation, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom and Viet Nam.
Violence prevention: the evidence"> Violence prevention: the evidence
Violence prevention: the evidence is a set of briefings on what works to prevent interpersonal violence (including against women and girls), and self-directed violence. By spotlighting the evidence for effectiveness, the briefings provide clear directions for how funders, policy-makers and programme implementers can boost the impact of their violence prevention efforts for women and girls, men and boys.
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18 March 2014
National workshop on road safety legislation held in Brazil
On 17-18 March a national workshop on road safety legislation was hosted in Brasilia, Brazil led by CONTRAN with the support of the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Cities and WHO/PAHO.
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16 February 2014
E-bikes and related legislation focus of seminar in China
On 16 February, a seminar on e-bike legislation in China was held by WHO and the Public Law Research Center of the Tsinghua University School of Law.
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10 February 2014
Applications for MENTOR-VIP now open
WHO's global mentoring programme, MENTOR-VIP, is designed to assist junior injury prevention practitioners to develop specific skills through structured collaboration with a more experienced person who has volunteered to act as a mentor.
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28 January 2014
Consortium partners convene to plan activities for Bloomberg Philanthropies Global Road Safety Programme (BP-GRSP) for the coming year
On 28 January consortium partners - Association for Safe International Road Travel, EMBARQ, Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP), Johns Hopkins University (JHU), World Bank and WHO - convened in New York to review progress to date and identify key opportunities for 2014, the final year of the five-year BP-GRSP.
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28 January 2014
Member States call for a World Health Assembly resolution on violence
In the context of the 134th session of the WHO Executive Board, which took place from 20-25 January, governments discussed ways to increase the health sector's efforts to address violence.