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Global Road Safety Crisis Remedy Sought
1.2 Million Killed, 50 Million Injured Annually
Thomas B. Cole, MD, MPH
JAMA. 2004;291:2531-2532.
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For many individuals living in rural Africa, there is no safe way to travel.
In Malawi, for example, a bus ticket, even for minibuses that cram 2 dozen riders and their baggage into a vehicle built to seat nine, is priced out of reach for many rural Malawians. So travelers turn to less expensive alternatives, such as walking or open-bed pickup trucks that operate like taxis.
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A chaotic mass of automobiles, buses, motorcycles, vans, bicycles, and other forms of transport jam a street in Hyderabad, India, posing a daily hazard to pedestrians. (Photo credit: Ranganayakulu Bodavala)
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"Passengers jump in the back of the pickup, give the driver some money, and jump out when they get where they want to go," says Thomas J. Vitaglione, MPH, a senior fellow at the North Carolina Child Advocacy Institute, who spent time in Malawi last year to assist . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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