The authority held an evaluation discussion with partner organizations. The management authority held an evaluation discussion with the stakeholders and partner organizations on the results obtained, problems encountered and recorded changes following the activities carried out to prevent traffic accidents and ensure road safety in the city. The Director General of Addis Ababa Traffic Management Authority, Ato Kbebew Mideksa, who gave the opening speech of the discussion program, said that the purpose of the discussion forum is for the Addis Ababa Traffic Management Authority to collaborate with the Bloomberg Initiative for Global Road Safety to evaluate the performance of the road safety activities that have been carried out so far and the problems encountered, as well as the changes and future To discuss the remedial measures to be taken is it. Ato Kbebew said that data shows that road traffic collisions are a major health threat to the international community and that the country's gross domestic product is reduced by an average of 3-5%. Addis Ababa City Government Infrastructure and Municipal Affairs Standing Committee Chairman Dr. Gezahew Aika, who gave a welcome speech at the meeting and delivered a message, said that road safety is related to life and peace of the country, if everyone works together and works together, a lot can be done and fixed. Mrs. Rebecca Bavinger, who conveyed a message from the Bloomberg Initiative for Global Road Safety, mentioned that Addis Ababa is one of the leading cities in Africa in the implementation of road safety and has an active road safety council, and thanked all stakeholders for the decreasing traffic accidents in the city. At the forum, Johns Hopkins University's International Disability Research Institute, a partner organization of the Bloomberg Initiative for Global Road Safety, announced the key findings and remedial measures of the road use survey conducted in collaboration with Addis Ababa University's School of Public Health. A document from Vital Strategies and Johns Hopkins University was presented and discussed based on the results and traffic accident data collected through observational research, and the discussion was concluded with a panel and round table discussion. Photo by Elias Tesfaye
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