Road crashes robbing Africa of its young, future human capital -Hamdok
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The Second African Road Safety Conference opened in Addis Wednesday, with somber calls to turn Africa’s road carnage statistics around through the implementation of a proposed African Action Plan for the Decade 2011-2020. The Plan will be reviewed this week by the hundreds of participants in attendance. Mr. Abdalla Hamdok, Deputy Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) said that road crashes are the second leading cause of death for the 5-44 age group in African countries and “they exact a heavy toll on African economies.” The Road Safety Conference is one in a series of similar forums dating back to 1997 and organized by the ECA. Hamdok noted that in this regard, recent declarations by Ministers have helped to push for national attention and to mitigate the “growing tragedy of deaths and injuries on African roads." The outcomes of such meetings have been incorporated in the Global Road Safety Action Plan. In addition, efforts by NGOs and the private sector have contributed to increased road safety.
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“United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa. (2011-11). Road crashes robbing Africa of its young, future human capital -Hamdok. Addis Ababa:. © UN. ECA,. https://hdl.handle.net/10855/32927”Collections
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