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D U.S. Government Agencies Participating in Interviews
Pages 61-68

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... Activities related to global road safety include maintaining databases of crashes, analyzing risks, and establishing road safety rules for personnel and safety requirements for vehicles. Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics The university is a federal institution of learning.
From page 62...
... Professionals from developing countries receive advanced education to prepare them to conduct research in their home countries. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention Averting or reducing health threats from abroad to U.S.
From page 63...
... Almost all occupational research related to road traffic safety could be applicable to developing countries. Relevant activities include chairing an international worldwide consortium of government agencies, universities, and private-sector organizations-the Global Network of Occupational Health Centers, made up of the WHO Collaborating Centers in Occupational Health.
From page 64...
... National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Office of Traffic Injury Control, Program Development and Delivery NHTSA administers traffic safety programs and provides national leadership and technical assistance to states, local communities, and others. It is primarily a domestic agency, but with new authority from Congress to be engaged in global road traffic safety, it can work explicitly on traffic safety at the international level, primarily through international organizations and with industrialized countries to identify their best practices.
From page 65...
... NHTSA's current plan for international activities calls for work with international partners to improve global traffic safety and to establish, improve, and harmonize traffic safety data collection systems. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, National Center for Statistics and Analysis Collects, analyzes, and disseminates data on traffic safety and evaluates NHTSA programs.
From page 66...
... Bureau of Global Health, Office of Health, Infectious Disease, and Nutrition, Maternal and Child Health Team Supports programs designed to improve maternal and child health in developing countries. None of these programs currently addresses road safety specifically.
From page 67...
... companies. Examples of agency activities are provision of technical assistance to other countries to develop trade regulations and analysis to define and assess the financial viability of business opportunities.


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