Since it is already a custom for some years, last Monday, the 16th of November the World Day was carried out in Memory of the Victims of Traffic accidents. Annually about 1,3 million persons die because of accidents in streets and routes, according to numbers handled by the World Organization of the Health (WHO).
The World Day in Memory of the Victims of Traffic accidents is a date imposed somewhere near the year 2005 and for that he looks that the persons take conscience about the big number of deceased who provoke the transit accidents. Although the principal target is to offer a homage to those persons who lost his life in these circumstances as this way also a tribute to the relatives who must live with the pain of the loss, he reported the web site of the WHO.
As regards the annual numbers of deaths in road accidents, almost 1,3 million are the persons who die and about 50 million human beings those who suffer some type of damage, he informed that the web of the World Organization of the Health, which he added this is the first cause of death in persons whose ages go from 10 years to 24 years.
For his part, the web page of United Nations published that almost 90 % of the annual deaths concentrates in the countries of low and medium income.
As regards this topic, it is important to add that, as he published the web of the WHO, between Thursday, the 19th and Friday, the 20th of November will realize the first edition of the World Ministerial Conference on Road Safety. The same one will be carried out for two days in the city of Moscow, Russia. Shortly, this health blog will give more details of this international event that will think about how, between other things, to improve both the road safety and the world health.
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