The Pan American Well being Group (PAHO) has sounded the alarm on Jamaica’s highway fatality charge, which surpasses the regional common.
Regardless of ongoing efforts, the nation continues to grapple with persistently excessive charges of highway site visitors deaths.
PAHO representatives participated in a Nationwide Highway Security Council overview assembly on Thursday.
Indiscipline and social determinants
PAHO acknowledged that indiscipline and social determinants, together with extreme dashing and disrespect for highway guidelines, are recognized as vital contributors to the troubling statistics.
Jamaica recorded 425 highway fatalities final 12 months, intensifying issues about highway security.
Comparative information reveals stark disparity
Comparative information from the World Well being Group (WHO) reveals that Jamaica’s highway fatality charge of 18 per 100,000 folks yearly exceeds the regional common of 14.1.
This locations Jamaica within the thirteenth place amongst 19 international locations within the Americas with the very best highway fatality charges.
PAHO’s pressing name for collaboration
PAHO/WHO Consultant for Jamaica, Bermuda, and the Cayman Islands, Ian Stein, harassed the rapid want for an intersectoral, all-of-government method to formulate and implement efficient insurance policies and interventions.
