Egypt’s health, transportation ministers discuss road safety efforts with UN special envoy

  • Date: 23-Nov-2020
  • Source: Ahram
  • Sector:Healthcare
  • Country:Egypt
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Egypt’s health, transportation ministers discuss road safety efforts with UN special envoy

On Sunday, Minister El-Wazir announced that development in the road and highway sectors in Egypt managed to reduce road accident fatalities by 44% during 2019/2020







Ahram Online

, Monday 23 Nov 2020







Egypt's Ministers of health and transportation in their meeting with the UN special envoy on road safety in Cairo on Sunday (Photo: Egyptian Health Ministry)











Egypt's Health Minister Hala Zayed discussed on Monday with the United Nations Special Envoy for Road Safety Jean Todt the government's efforts to reduce fatality rates and injuries resulting from road accidents through the implementation of 

a safety plan for the highways nationwide.

According to the health ministry's statement, in a meeting in Cairo, Todt discussed with Zayed and Minister of Transportation Kamel El-Wazir ways to boost road safety in Egypt with the cooperation of the UN to limit road accidents.

Zayed reviewed during the meeting efforts by the health ministry to tackle the issue, including increasing the number of ambulances on highways, as well as raising the readiness standards in emergency rooms in the hospitals.

She also revealed that there is a nationwide campaign in cooperation with the interior ministry's  traffic