Child Health Initiative's video: Sheila Watson FIA Foundation for UN Global Road Safety Week 2017

For UN Global Road Safety Week 2017, we hear from: Kevin Watkins - Save the Children Cyril Crabbe - Ghanaian Road safety activist Maria Fernanda Rodriguez - Fundación Gonzalo Rodriguez Leni Wild - ODI A child hit by a car at 20 miles an hour (30 km/h) can survive. Hit at 50mph (80km/h), most will die. Every child deserves the chance to live. Every journey they make must be safe. Accelerate action now to . www.childhealthinitiative.org/speed-vaccine Every child has the right to healthy development and an education. http://www.childhealthinitiative.org/ About The Global Initiative for Child Health & Mobility Every day more than 3000 children and adolescents – a toll equivalent to the student population of two large schools – suffer a road traffic death or serious injury. Road danger and air pollution blight the school journeys and lives of millions more. The health burden to children caused by motorised traffic constitutes a major obstacle to child development and an unacceptable and preventable human tragedy. Every child deserves a safe and healthy journey to and from school. The Global Initiative for Child Health & Mobility is a coalition of organisations and agencies coming together to advocate and work for this vision to become reality by 2030. Practical and cost-effective solutions are available, and can be delivered with sufficient political will.