They stressed the importance of preventing a wider escalation of the conflict, which threatens to further endanger peace and stability in the region
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The Eastern Mediterranean region, that includes the UAE, has a mortality rate twice that of other parts of the world that puts a significant burden on the healthcare system, according to the World Health Organisation.
At least 40 million people in the region suffer from medium to long-term disabilities resulting from road accident injuries, participants at a technical discussion on ‘Road traffic injuries: a growing public health concern’ at the 56th WHO Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean being held at Morocco were told on Wednesday.
The Global Status Report on Road Safety, released by the world health body in June this year, showed that the UAE was the worst performer in the region with 37.1 killed for every 100,000 people in 2007, followed by Yemen (29.3), Saudi Arabia (29), Qatar (23.7), Oman (21.3), Kuwait (16.9) and Bahrain (12.1).
The WHO also called upon health ministries attending the meeting to strengthen their roles in prevention of injuries and deal with road safety systems in relation to the environment, vehicles and behaviour of drivers.
“The Ministry of Health has a very important role to play in the prevention of road traffic injuries. This preventive role is in addition to its role in secondary prevention through establishing an effective pre-hospital and hospital-based trauma care system,” read a technical paper presented to participants.
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