San Jose, Costa Rica May 7-8, 2015 during United Nations Global Road Safety Week
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CHILD ROAD SAFETY IN THE AMERICAS: A UN GLOBAL ROAD SAFETY WEEK REGIONAL CONGRESS San Jose, Costa Rica May 7-8, 2015 during United Nations Global Road Safety Week
CHILD ROAD SAFETY IN THE AMERICAS: A UN GLOBAL ROAD SAFETY WEEK REGIONAL CONGRESS San Jose, Costa Rica May 7-8, 2015 during United Nations Global Road Safety Week
Carlos Macaya President, Automobile Club of Costa Rica San Jose, Costa Rica Gary A. Smith, MD, DrPH Director, Center for Injury Research and Policy Nationwide Children’s Hospital President, Child Injury Prevention Alliance Columbus, Ohio, United States
CHILD ROAD SAFETY IN THE AMERICAS: A UN GLOBAL ROAD SAFETY WEEK REGIONAL CONGRESS San Jose, Costa Rica May 7-8, 2015 during United Nations Global Road Safety Week
Every day more than 500 children lose their lives in traffic crashes globally. Thousands are injured. Support the #SaveKidsLives campaign by signing
the declaration. Together we will make a call for action on road safety!
CHILD ROAD SAFETY IN THE AMERICAS: A UN GLOBAL ROAD SAFETY WEEK REGIONAL CONGRESS San Jose, Costa Rica May 7-8, 2015 during United Nations Global Road Safety Week
PURPOSE
To address the important public health and sustainable development issue of child road safety in the region, with a focus on Latin America and the Caribbean.
CHILD ROAD SAFETY IN THE AMERICAS: A UN GLOBAL ROAD SAFETY WEEK REGIONAL CONGRESS San Jose, Costa Rica May 7-8, 2015 during United Nations Global Road Safety Week
PARTICIPANTS
Representatives from the Americas and globally, including: • Government Agencies • NGOs • Survivor Groups • Private Sector Organizations • Medical and Public Health Associations • Development agencies • Global organizations working to improve road safety
CHILD ROAD SAFETY IN THE AMERICAS: A UN GLOBAL ROAD SAFETY WEEK REGIONAL CONGRESS San Jose, Costa Rica May 7-8, 2015 during United Nations Global Road Safety Week
PRE-CONFERENCE EVENT
Public event at National Children’s Hospital of Costa Rica (Hospital Nacional de Niños) May 6, 2015
CHILD ROAD SAFETY IN THE AMERICAS: A UN GLOBAL ROAD SAFETY WEEK REGIONAL CONGRESS San Jose, Costa Rica May 7-8, 2015 during United Nations Global Road Safety Week
The conference agenda is organized around the 5 pillars: • Pillar 1 – Road Safety Management • Pillar 2 – Infrastructure • Pillar 3 – Safer Vehicles • Pillar 4 – Safer Road Users • Pillar 5 – Post-Collision Care
http://theogm.com/2012/12/08/sustainable-safety-the-five-pillar-holistic-approach/
5 Pillars of the UN Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020
CHILD ROAD SAFETY IN THE AMERICAS: A UN GLOBAL ROAD SAFETY WEEK REGIONAL CONGRESS San Jose, Costa Rica May 7-8, 2015 during United Nations Global Road Safety Week
CHILDREN AND ROAD SAFETY
• Successful initiatives from Latin America and the Caribbean that may be adapted to improve national and local child road safety
• Emphasis on children as motor vehicle passengers and vulnerable road users
• Promotion of using child restraint systems and protecting child pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorcycle riders
CHILD ROAD SAFETY IN THE AMERICAS: A UN GLOBAL ROAD SAFETY WEEK REGIONAL CONGRESS San Jose, Costa Rica May 7-8, 2015 during United Nations Global Road Safety Week
The Child Declaration for Road Safety will be presented by youth to Costa Rica Government Officials and Other Dignitaries from the Region • Costa Rica Vice President Ana Helena Chacon Echeverria • Costa Rica Minister of Transportation Carlos Segnini
Villalobos • Costa Rica Vice Minister of Health Fernando Castro Llorca • Others
http://theogm.com/2012/12/08/sustainable-safety-the-five-pillar-holistic-approach/
High-Level Closing Ceremony
CHILD ROAD SAFETY IN THE AMERICAS: A UN GLOBAL ROAD SAFETY WEEK REGIONAL CONGRESS San Jose, Costa Rica May 7-8, 2015 during United Nations Global Road Safety Week
CONFERENCE OUTCOMES
Consensus on: • Next steps for collaboration in the region • Promotion of information sharing • Capacity building for child road safety in the region
CHILD ROAD SAFETY IN THE AMERICAS: A UN GLOBAL ROAD SAFETY WEEK REGIONAL CONGRESS San Jose, Costa Rica May 7-8, 2015 during United Nations Global Road Safety Week
Child Road Safety in the Americas
Thank You!
CHILD ROAD SAFETY IN THE AMERICAS: A UN GLOBAL ROAD SAFETY WEEK REGIONAL CONGRESS San Jose, Costa Rica May 7-8, 2015 during United Nations Global Road Safety Week