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ROAD TRAFFIC INJURY PREVENTION

• World unites to halt death and injury on roads
  6 May 2011
  Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020 set to save millions of lives

• Pedestrians, cyclists among main road traffic crash victims
  15 June 2009
  Half of 1.27 million people who die in road traffic crashes every year are pedestrians, motorcyclists and cyclists, finds new WHO study.
• Ceremonies to mark World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims
  16 November 2007
• Bloomberg Family Foundation contributes US$ 9 million to WHO to support life-saving road safety programme
  16 September 2007
• World Youth Assembly meets to tackle road safety
  23 April 2007
  World leaders, musicians show support
• Road traffic crashes leading cause of death among young people
  19 April 2007
  New WHO report marks First UN Global Road Safety Week
• WHO remembers road crash victims and their families
  17 November 2006
  Countries offered guidance on factors with the greatest impact: helmets, seat-belts, drink-driving and speeding among others
• Helmet use saves lives
  25 August 2006
  Increasing helmet use promoted as an effective method of reducing road injuries and deaths
• World Health Organization, other UN agencies, build on momentum of World Health Day to improve global road safety
  1 October 2004
• UN General Assembly plenary session focuses on road safety for the first time in history
  14 April 2004
  Countries discuss measures to reduce 1.2 million death toll on the world's roads
• World Health Day: Road safety is no accident!
  7 April 2004
  World Health Organization calls for action to lower death and injury toll on the world’s roads
• Leading global institutions come together to address rising death toll on the world's roads
  24 September 2003
• New publications show injuries kill more than five million people a year
  12 May 2003
  Road crashes account for 1 of 5 injury-related deaths
• WHO and FIA join efforts for road safety
  11 February 2003

Violence prevention

• World unites to halt death and injury on roads
  6 May 2011
  Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020 set to save millions of lives
• World Health Organization says violence against children can and must be prevented
  16 October 2006
• UN Secretary-General’s study reveals full range and scale of violence against children
  12 October 2006
• Global efforts to prevent violence: World Health Organization reports significant progress
  19 October 2005
• Women and girls need access to AIDS treatment and protection from violence
  30 November 2004
• WHO report reveals economic costs of interpersonal violence
  9 June 2004
• Broad coalition launches new global alliance to prevent violence
  12 January 2004
• Global move to scale up response to violence
  28 May 2003
  World Health Assembly commits to tackle the public health impact
• WHO urges Governments to take action to reduce violence against women
  22 November 2002
• First ever Global Report on Violence and Health released
  3 October 2002
  New WHO report presents more complete picture of global violence
• New Research shows workplace violence threatens health services
  10 May 2002

Other injury topics

• World unites to halt death and injury on roads
  6 May 2011
  Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020 set to save millions of lives
• Pedestrians, cyclists among main road traffic crash victims
  15 June 2009
  Half of 1.27 million people who die in road traffic crashes every year are pedestrians, motorcyclists and cyclists, finds new WHO study.
• Preventable injuries kill 2000 children every day
  10 December 2008
• African and international health experts step-up efforts to curb violence and injuries
  31 March 2006
• New publications show injuries kill more than five million people a year
  12 May 2003
  Road crashes account for 1 of 5 injury-related deaths