WASHINGTON, April 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following advisory was issued today by Make Roads Safe:
WHEN & WHERE: Wednesday, April 25 at 10 a.m.
National Press Club, Zenger Room
529 14th Street, NW, 13th Floor
Washington, DC 20045
WHO: * Dr. Bella Dinh-Zarr, Director, North America, Make Roads Safe and
author of new Study to be released (see title below)
* Ms. Rochelle Sobel, of Potomac, MD, President, Association for
Safe International Road Travel: Rochelle's son was killed in a
crash in Turkey -- Photos and b-roll available
* Mr. Ken Welch, of Bossier City, LA (near Shreveport) who was
injured in a car crash in Vietnam
* Dr. Eugenia Maria Silveira Rodrigues, Regional Advisor for Road
Safety, Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization
(WHO)
* Dr. Christine Branche, Director, Division of Unintentional Injury
Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) who
will discuss the US Public Health focus of Graduated Drivers
Licensing as part of the United Nation's Global Road Safety Week
WHAT: * Release of Report by Dr. Bella Dinh-Zarr -- "Road Crash Deaths of
American Travelers: The Make Roads Safe Report; An Analysis of
U.S. State Department Data on Unnatural Causes of Death to U.S.
Citizens Abroad (2004-2006)"
* Release of safety tips for travelers
* Personal stories of crashes overseas
WHY: * Road deaths are a major neglected health issue for travelers;
* April 23-29 Designated as 1st United Nations Global Road Safety
Week
* 1.2 million people die each year on the world's roads and
* Road deaths worldwide are expected to double by 2020
Attn: Editors: B-roll will be available at the press conference including footage of unsafe road conditions in other countries and sound bites from victims and road crash experts in BOTH English and Spanish. At 3 p.m. a Congressional briefing on the issue will also be held on Capitol Hill. Call for more information.
Make Roads Safe is an international campaign to put global road traffic injuries on the G8 and UN sustainable development agendas. For additional information on Make Roads Safe please visit http://www.makeroadssafe.org/us.