Health, economic, and social progress will stall without urgent global collaborative action Road traffic injuries are the leading killer of children and adults aged 5-29 years globally.1 Low and middle income countries are disproportionately represented in this statistic; Africa has the highest road crash mortality of all global regions. Increasing urbanisation and motorisation in many African countries are not yet matched by safer road infrastructure, safer vehicles, and public education on safer road use. Road traffic injuries rob these nations of their workforce and their future. The World Health Organization status report on road safety in the African region for 2023 highlights the urgent need for concerted global action.1 Whereas recorded road deaths have decreased by 5% globally in the past decade, in Africa they have increased by 17%. The demographics of deaths also differ. In high income countries road deaths are mostly among vehicle drivers and passengers; in Africa, half of the deaths are among vulnerable road users—pedestrians, cyclists, and motorcyclists—with pedestrians accounting for a third of all deaths. The inequality probably runs deeper since the burden of injuries, which are harder to measure, is likely to be much higher. Injuries affect ability to work, …

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非洲的道路安全：一场可预防的公共卫生危机


如果不采取紧急的全球合作行动，健康、经济和社会进步将停滞不前道路交通伤害是全球 5-29 岁儿童和成人的主要杀手。低收入和中等收入国家在这一统计数据中的比例过高;非洲是全球所有地区中道路交通事故死亡率最高的地区。在许多非洲国家，城市化和机动化程度的提高尚未与更安全的道路基础设施、更安全的车辆和更安全的道路使用的公众教育相匹配。道路交通伤害剥夺了这些国家的劳动力和未来。世界卫生组织 2023 年非洲地区道路安全状况报告强调了采取协调一致的全球行动的迫切需要。过去十年，全球记录的道路死亡人数减少了 5%，而非洲的道路死亡人数则增加了 17%。死亡人数的人口统计数据也有所不同。在高收入国家，道路死亡主要发生在车辆驾驶员和乘客中;在非洲，一半的死亡发生在弱势道路使用者（行人、骑自行车者和摩托车手）中，行人占所有死亡人数的三分之一。这种不平等可能更深，因为更难衡量的伤病负担可能要高得多。受伤会影响工作能力，...