The World Health Organization and the prevention of road injuries: phone book analysis
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- 22 December 2001
- Vol. 323 (7327) , 1485
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.323.7327.1485
Abstract
Every day about 3000 people die and about 30 000 people are seriously injured in road crashes. 1 2 Most casualties occur in low and middle income countries, and most are vulnerable road users: pedestrians, cyclists, and motorcyclists. The World Health Organization has a lead role in the control of global epidemics, and the work is coordinated from its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. We conducted a phone book analysis to assess how the WHO is responding to the global problem of road injuries. Number of telephones in units of the World Health Organization Briefly, phone book analysis involves obtaining a phone book and analysing its contents. The phone book of the WHO headquarters lists the name of each employee, a series of symbols indicating …Keywords
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