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A 2005 resolution of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe guides WHO/Europe’s work to prevent injuries. WHO/Europe reported on progress in implementing the resolution in 2008, based on a survey in 31 Member States, and in 2010, based on a survey in 47 countries.

Focus on children and youth

Injuries are the leading health threat for children and teenagers in the WHO European Region. On this basis, the WHO Children’s Environment and Health Action Plan for Europe (CEHAPE) set its Regional Priority Goal 2 to preventing and substantially reducing the health consequences of accidents and injuries by promoting safe, secure and supportive human settlements for all children.

Addressing road safety, a worldwide health concern

In 2004 the World Health Assembly overwhelmingly passed a resolution to address the lack of safety on the world’s roads, which is responsible for the deaths of 1.2 million people and injuries and disabilities to 50 million others each year. Member States and international organizations stressed the importance of the public health aspects of the lack of road safety and the need for a multisectoral response including the active participation of the public health sector.

WHO/Europe calls the health sector to take a stronger and more proactive role, in addition to its leading role in injury surveillance and treatment. It promotes new thinking about road safety in Europe that builds safety into the transport system, and supports the improvement of implementation mechanisms and tools to achieve road safety.