Transcript Priti Gautam - Safe Kids Worldwide

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Child Pedestrian Injuries:
A Global Problem
Priti Gautam
Thursday, June 20
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Contents
• The Global Problem
• Trends and statistics
• Children among the most vulnerable
• Global Call to Action: Decade of Action for Road
Safety
• Charting a New Course: Safe Kids’ Global
Initiatives
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Number of deaths (millions)
Global Road Traffic Trends
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• Nearly 1.3 million deaths
• 20-50 million injured
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AIDS-related deaths
UNAIDS 2008
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Tuberculosis
WHO 2008
Road traffic
WHO 2004
Malaria
WHO 2008
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Vulnerable Road Users
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Deaths Versus Vehicle Ownership
90% of road traffic deaths and injuries occur in low- and middle-income countries
which have only 48% of the world's registered vehicles
Population
Road traffic deaths
Registered vehicles
NUMBER OF VEHICLES WILL DOUBLE BY 2020 AND TRIPLE BY 2050 TO 3 BILLION
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Worsening Situation
Top 10 leading causes of death
NOW
2030
Rank
Disease or Injury
Rank
Disease or Injury
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Ischaemic heart disease
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Ischaemic heart disease
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Cerebrovascular disease
2
Cerebrovascular disease
3
Lower respiratory infections
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4
Chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease
Chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease
4
Lower respiratory infections
5
Diarrhoeal diseases
5
Road traffic injuries
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HIV/AIDS
6
7
Tuberculosis
Trachea, bronchus, lung
cancer
8
Trachea, bronchus, lung
cancer
7
Diabetes mellitus
9
Road traffic injuries
8
Hypertensive heart disease
10
Prematurity & low-birth
weight
9
Stomach cancer
10
HIV/AIDS
Source: World Health Organization, 2011
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Projected Deaths by Cause
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Projected Road Fatalities per Region
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Leading Cause of Death by Age
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Child Pedestrian Injuries: The Facts
• 1,000 young people die a day on the roads: one every 90 seconds
• More than 133,000 children between the ages of 5-14 years are killed each
year walking on roads (often to and from school) in developing countries.
• Road traffic injuries kill more children between the ages of 5-14 years than
HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis or malaria.
• Child pedestrians have the highest rates of death and injury in Sub-Saharan
Africa and South Asia.
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Decade of Action for Road Safety
Worldwide
Launch:
11 May 2011
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Goal of the Decade
To halt or reverse the increasing trend in road traffic fatalities around the world.
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The Framework
Lead agency
National strategy
Targets
Funding
Assess safety of roads
Improve road design
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Vehicle standards
All cars equipped with
seat-belts
R&D safety for VRUs
Laws enforced
Increase awareness
Speed management
Use of safety devices
Pre-hospital care
Trauma care and
rehabilitation
Quality assurance
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Safe Kids Walk This Way: A Global Program
Safe Kids Walk This Way is currently implemented in Brazil, Canada, China, India,
South Korea, Mexico, Philippines, Thailand, United States and Vietnam
Program Goals:
• Awareness – International Walk To School Day
• Education and Needs Assessment – PHOTOVOICE
• Environmental Improvements – Creating Safer School Zones
• Research and Advocacy
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Video:
Every Child Deserves a Safe Place to Walk
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Contact
Priti Gautam
Program Manager, International Pedestrian Safety
[email protected]
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