TY - JOUR
T1 - BRICS
T2 - Opportunities to improve road safety
AU - Hyder, Adnan A.
AU - Vecino-Ortiz, Andres I.
PY - 2014/6
Y1 - 2014/6
N2 - Brazil, the Russian Federation, India, China and South Africa - the countries known as BRICS - are currently undergoing a deep epidemiological transition that is mainly driven by rapid economic growth and technological change. The changes being observed in the distribution of the burden of diseases and injuries - such as recent increases in the incidence of road traffic injuries - are matters of concern. BRICS may need stronger institutional capacity to address such changes in a timely way. In this paper, we present data on road traffic injuries in BRICS and illustrate the enormous challenge that these countries currently face in reducing the incidence of such injuries. There is an urgent need to improve road safety indicators in every country constituting BRICS. It is imperative for BRICS to invest in system-wide road safety interventions and reduce the mortality and morbidity from road traffic injuries.
AB - Brazil, the Russian Federation, India, China and South Africa - the countries known as BRICS - are currently undergoing a deep epidemiological transition that is mainly driven by rapid economic growth and technological change. The changes being observed in the distribution of the burden of diseases and injuries - such as recent increases in the incidence of road traffic injuries - are matters of concern. BRICS may need stronger institutional capacity to address such changes in a timely way. In this paper, we present data on road traffic injuries in BRICS and illustrate the enormous challenge that these countries currently face in reducing the incidence of such injuries. There is an urgent need to improve road safety indicators in every country constituting BRICS. It is imperative for BRICS to invest in system-wide road safety interventions and reduce the mortality and morbidity from road traffic injuries.
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U2 - 10.2471/BLT.13.132613
DO - 10.2471/BLT.13.132613
M3 - Article
C2 - 24940016
AN - SCOPUS:84901717956
SN - 0042-9686
VL - 92
SP - 423
EP - 428
JO - Bulletin of the World Health Organization
JF - Bulletin of the World Health Organization
IS - 6
ER -