Ghana is part of 15 countries to benefit from Bloomberg Philanthropies’ 240 million dollars commitment to help prevent road traffic deaths over a six-year period.
A statement signed by Bloomberg Philanthropies Initiative for Global Road Safety indicated that the initiative which works both at the national and the city levels has also selected Accra and Kumasi to be part of the 30 cities around the world to benefit from the initiative.
Director of the Department of Social Determinants of Health at WHO, Dr. Etienne Kug said the investment is excellent news that comes at a critical time when world leaders convene to decide on achieving a fifty percent reduction in road traffic deaths by 2030.
He indicated that this support from Bloomberg Philanthropies will catalyze action to help achieve that target.
