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The link between road safety and development

The link between road safety and development - Available at University of Iceland
When 
Thu, 01/12/2022 - 09:00 to 10:00
Where 
Further information 
Free admission

Speaker: Marie Hasselberg, Karolinska Institutet
Thursday 1 December 2022, 10.00 am CET

Register online on Zoom here

About the talk
Worldwide, about 1.35 million people are killed and about 50 million are injured on the roads every year. Even though many countries have managed to improve road safety, the mortality remains unacceptably high in many countries of the world, especially in low- and middle-income countries, and place a high socio-economic burden in the most affected countries. Road traffic injuries have a negative impact on development of a country and the way the transport network is designed and developed affect road safety. There is a need to balance urban development with social, economic, and environmental sustainability, at the same time as emphasizing improved road safety.

Marie Hasselberg is a Professor in public health epidemiology and head of the Department of Global Public Health at Karolinska Institutet.

About Nordic Global Health Talks
Nordic Global Health Talks is a monthly webinar series about global health from the Nordic universities. The first Thursday of each month at 10.00 am CET, you can tune in online via Zoom and listen to an interesting global health lecture from a Nordic university. It is free and open to everyone interested in knowing more about Nordic global health research, education, and collaborative projects. Nordic Global Health Talks is organised by Nordic Network on Global Health.

Each webinar will be 45 minutes: approximately 30 minutes presentation, followed by a 15 minutes Q&A.

Read more about future Nordic Global Health Talks on the event website here.

Marie Hasselberg is a Professor in public health epidemiology and head of the Department of Global Public Health at Karolinska Institutet.

The link between road safety and development