WHO Portal on Road Traffic Injuries

This case study describes Vietnam’s implementation of improved helmet laws to reduce road-traffic injuries and deaths. Beginning in 2002, new leadership of Vietnam’s National Traffic Safety Committee created a window of opportunity for helmet legislation, while greater availability of affordable, climate-appropriate helmets contributed to the enabling conditions. This case provides an overview of the strategic approach the government took by introducing and launching a new compulsory helmet law in 2007, “Resolution 32”; ongoing enforcement and…

This report from the World Health Organization (WHO) discusses the health of cities and particularly focuses on how urbanization, city leaders, and urban design affect public health outcomes such as noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and road safety. Cities, which are home to more than half of the world's population, both face and can impact several public health challenges: sanitation, air pollution, urban violence, road safety, and access to healthy food and spaces. Road traffic injuries and…

This report published by the World Health Organization (WHO) highlights the impact of cigarette production and consumption on the environment, the consequences of which are often largely overlooked and under-researched. Tobacco production is land, water, and energy intensive, burdening the planet’s already stressed natural resources and ecosystems and threatening the livelihoods of citizens and future development of communities around the world. Ninety percent of all tobacco production is concentrated in developing countries, and several of…