Asia Injury Prevention Foundation holds Stakeholder Consultative Meeting in Cambodia Regarding a Motorcycle Passenger Helmet Campaign
19/08/2011
AIP Foundation, in close collaboration with the National Road Safety Committee (NRSC), the General Commissariat of National Police, Ministry of Interior, and the Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sports (MoEYS) held a Stakeholder Consultative Meeting at the Imperial Garden Hotel in Phnom Penh. In 2010, 1,816 traffic fatalities occurred on Cambodian roads. 73% of motorbike accident fatalities suffered head injuries. Passengers are often the victims, yet no law exists which requires them to wear helmets. This meeting was held to discuss an effective action plan for a Motorcycle Passenger Helmet Campaign to be launched this October.
Delegations from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE) travelled to Cambodia to attend this consultative meeting, and met with AIP Foundation staff members about meeting outcomes and plans for implementation which they will be supporting. Additionally, the consultative meeting brought together over 30 attendees from the NRSC, the Ministry of Interior, the MoEYS, other relevant ministries, IO/NGOs, and private sector companies.
In accordance with Cambodia's support of the United Nations Decade of Action for Road Safety (2011-2020), AIP Foundation has been working as the country-level implementer of the Cambodian Helmet Vaccine Initiative (CHVI) since 2010, in an attempt to increase passenger helmet use in Cambodia. AIP Foundation will continue to collaborate closely with members of the Cambodian government to create and carry out Phase II of its 45-month life saving campaign, to advocate for passenger and child helmet use legislation and to increase helmet use rates among motorcycle passengers in target locations (Phnom Penh, Kampong Speu and Kandal).
