Road Traffic Injuries : A Public Health Crisis in MENA

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has made dramatic progress in lowering premature death and disability from most communicable, newborn, nutritional, and maternity causes. However, non-communicable diseases are still extremely high. Road traf...

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Main Authors: Dahdah, Said, Bose, Dipan
Format: Brief
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/12/18729230/road-traffic-injuries-public-health-crisis-mena
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spelling okr-10986-205582021-04-23T14:03:56Z Road Traffic Injuries : A Public Health Crisis in MENA Dahdah, Said Bose, Dipan ASSEMBLY COMPROMISES COST OF ROAD TRAFFIC INJURIES CRASHES DEBT DRIVERS DRIVING FARES FATALITY DATA GOAL INCOME INJURY INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS MOBILITY MORTALITY MORTALITY RATE MOTOR VEHICLES MOTORCYCLES MOTORCYCLISTS NATIONAL ROAD SAFETY NATIONAL ROAD SAFETY STRATEGY NATIONS PASSENGERS PEDESTRIANS POLICE RIDERS ROAD ROAD BUILDING ROAD CONDITIONS ROAD CRASHES ROAD DEATHS ROAD DESIGN ROAD IMPROVEMENT ROAD INJURIES ROAD NETWORK ROAD SAFETY ROAD SAFETY AGENCY ROAD SAFETY MANAGEMENT ROAD SAFETY PROGRAMS ROAD SAFETY PROJECTS ROAD TRAFFIC ROAD TRAFFIC FATALITIES ROAD TRAFFIC FATALITY ROAD TRAFFIC INJURIES ROAD USERS ROADS SAFER ROAD SAFER ROADS SAFETY NETS SAFETY PERFORMANCE SEAT BELT SPEED SPEED LIMITS TOLL TRAFFIC CRASHES TRAFFIC DEATHS TRAFFIC FATALITY RATE TRAFFIC FATALITY RATES TRAFFIC INJURIES TRAFFIC POLICE TRANSPORT TRANSPORT CORRIDORS TRUE UPPER VEHICLE VEHICLE OCCUPANTS VEHICLE REGULATIONS VICTIMS The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has made dramatic progress in lowering premature death and disability from most communicable, newborn, nutritional, and maternity causes. However, non-communicable diseases are still extremely high. Road traffic injuries, for example, are the fourth leading cause of death in MENA. Compared to other developing countries, the composition of road injury deaths in the MENA region is much greater. This brief sheds light on the occurrences of such road injuries in MENA, and the possible measures to reduce the frequency of these occurrences. 2014-11-19T17:14:34Z 2014-11-19T17:14:34Z 2013-12 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/12/18729230/road-traffic-injuries-public-health-crisis-mena http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20558 English en_US MENA knowledge and learning quick notes series;no. 111 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Middle East and North Africa North Africa Middle East
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topic ASSEMBLY
COMPROMISES
COST OF ROAD TRAFFIC INJURIES
CRASHES
DEBT
DRIVERS
DRIVING
FARES
FATALITY DATA
GOAL
INCOME
INJURY
INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS
MOBILITY
MORTALITY
MORTALITY RATE
MOTOR VEHICLES
MOTORCYCLES
MOTORCYCLISTS
NATIONAL ROAD SAFETY
NATIONAL ROAD SAFETY STRATEGY
NATIONS
PASSENGERS
PEDESTRIANS
POLICE
RIDERS
ROAD
ROAD BUILDING
ROAD CONDITIONS
ROAD CRASHES
ROAD DEATHS
ROAD DESIGN
ROAD IMPROVEMENT
ROAD INJURIES
ROAD NETWORK
ROAD SAFETY
ROAD SAFETY AGENCY
ROAD SAFETY MANAGEMENT
ROAD SAFETY PROGRAMS
ROAD SAFETY PROJECTS
ROAD TRAFFIC
ROAD TRAFFIC FATALITIES
ROAD TRAFFIC FATALITY
ROAD TRAFFIC INJURIES
ROAD USERS
ROADS
SAFER ROAD
SAFER ROADS
SAFETY NETS
SAFETY PERFORMANCE
SEAT BELT
SPEED
SPEED LIMITS
TOLL
TRAFFIC CRASHES
TRAFFIC DEATHS
TRAFFIC FATALITY RATE
TRAFFIC FATALITY RATES
TRAFFIC INJURIES
TRAFFIC POLICE
TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT CORRIDORS
TRUE
UPPER
VEHICLE
VEHICLE OCCUPANTS
VEHICLE REGULATIONS
VICTIMS
spellingShingle ASSEMBLY
COMPROMISES
COST OF ROAD TRAFFIC INJURIES
CRASHES
DEBT
DRIVERS
DRIVING
FARES
FATALITY DATA
GOAL
INCOME
INJURY
INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS
MOBILITY
MORTALITY
MORTALITY RATE
MOTOR VEHICLES
MOTORCYCLES
MOTORCYCLISTS
NATIONAL ROAD SAFETY
NATIONAL ROAD SAFETY STRATEGY
NATIONS
PASSENGERS
PEDESTRIANS
POLICE
RIDERS
ROAD
ROAD BUILDING
ROAD CONDITIONS
ROAD CRASHES
ROAD DEATHS
ROAD DESIGN
ROAD IMPROVEMENT
ROAD INJURIES
ROAD NETWORK
ROAD SAFETY
ROAD SAFETY AGENCY
ROAD SAFETY MANAGEMENT
ROAD SAFETY PROGRAMS
ROAD SAFETY PROJECTS
ROAD TRAFFIC
ROAD TRAFFIC FATALITIES
ROAD TRAFFIC FATALITY
ROAD TRAFFIC INJURIES
ROAD USERS
ROADS
SAFER ROAD
SAFER ROADS
SAFETY NETS
SAFETY PERFORMANCE
SEAT BELT
SPEED
SPEED LIMITS
TOLL
TRAFFIC CRASHES
TRAFFIC DEATHS
TRAFFIC FATALITY RATE
TRAFFIC FATALITY RATES
TRAFFIC INJURIES
TRAFFIC POLICE
TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT CORRIDORS
TRUE
UPPER
VEHICLE
VEHICLE OCCUPANTS
VEHICLE REGULATIONS
VICTIMS
Dahdah, Said
Bose, Dipan
Road Traffic Injuries : A Public Health Crisis in MENA
geographic_facet Middle East and North Africa
North Africa
Middle East
relation MENA knowledge and learning quick notes series;no. 111
description The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has made dramatic progress in lowering premature death and disability from most communicable, newborn, nutritional, and maternity causes. However, non-communicable diseases are still extremely high. Road traffic injuries, for example, are the fourth leading cause of death in MENA. Compared to other developing countries, the composition of road injury deaths in the MENA region is much greater. This brief sheds light on the occurrences of such road injuries in MENA, and the possible measures to reduce the frequency of these occurrences.
format Publications & Research :: Brief
author Dahdah, Said
Bose, Dipan
author_facet Dahdah, Said
Bose, Dipan
author_sort Dahdah, Said
title Road Traffic Injuries : A Public Health Crisis in MENA
title_short Road Traffic Injuries : A Public Health Crisis in MENA
title_full Road Traffic Injuries : A Public Health Crisis in MENA
title_fullStr Road Traffic Injuries : A Public Health Crisis in MENA
title_full_unstemmed Road Traffic Injuries : A Public Health Crisis in MENA
title_sort road traffic injuries : a public health crisis in mena
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/12/18729230/road-traffic-injuries-public-health-crisis-mena
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20558
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