In Nigeria, road traffic accidents remain a significant risk. In 2023, 5,081 people were killed–and 31,874 injured–in road traffic crashes nationwide, according to the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC). While the total number of deaths represented a 21 percent decrease from 2022, there is still much work to be done in reducing total fatalities and injuries.
Tag Archives: road safety
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Feb
Feb
Life happens’ this has become a generic clause to describe unpleasant situations but the subject of this clause cannot really describe the situation with two words because the pain runs deeper than what can be summarised with just two words. Mr Rufus is a sad subject of ‘Life happens’, presently going through the excruciating pain […]
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Jan
Jan
Death itself is a painful phenomenon but it is more painful to realise that these deaths could have been prevented, hence the need to enhancing effective post-crash care. As much as no one wills or hopes to be victim of accidents, yet there are victims of different accidents and road traffic accidents daily.Traffic crashes are […]
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Dec
Dec
Emergency response is functional and effective when quick attention and care are provided to emergency victims while in transit. It is not enough that victims are transported to the hospital as quickly as possible rather it is more important that emergency victims are given emergency treatment needed to keep the victims alive even before getting […]
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Dec
Dec
In the early hours of Monday, 2nd December 2019, an accident happened at Ikeja Under Bridge involving a motorcycle rider and the victim died instantly. A day before this day, this victim would have celebrated that he witnessed the month that ends year 2019. Sad right? Yes it is. This implies that accident is no […]
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Nov
Nov
Sensitises Public on Preventive Road Traffic Accident Measures & Post-Crash Care In a bid to ensure road crash victims get emergency responses in cases of road crashes, thereby mitigating against casualty level, the Health Emergency Initiative (HEI) a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) has organised a charity walk tagged “Walk for Life 2.0” at the Lagos […]
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Oct
Oct
Happy World Mental Health Day! 2019’s theme of World Mental Health Day is “Suicide Prevention”. Research reveals that Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and depression are highly prevalent among survivors of road traffic accidents’ victims. A practical instance is one of Health Emergency Initiative’s beneficiaries who is currently a female patient at LASUTH. She was involved […]
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Oct
Oct
Following the previous post on “ Impact of Effective Emergency Response”, we promised to keep you updated on what can you do to have coordinated effort with speed and accuracy during emergency response, without requirements of being certified. There are 3 basic Cs you can follow through in an emergency situation.The three Cs are: Check, […]
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Sep
Sep
Accident is what it is because it is unplanned and unwanted, however accident is one of the inevitable of life. The 29th of August 2019 witnessed a fatal accident involving a BRT bus and a Dangote Truck at Ikorodu, Ogolonto that led to loss of lives and severely wounded individuals. Health Emergency Initiative intervened with […]
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Sep
Sep
Health Emergency Initiative (HEI) since its inception has been fully committed to providing succor to indigent patients by saving their lives and their beautiful dreams. One of the beneficiaries of HEI’s success story is Mr Gbagi Omotayo, a 55 years old man who was diagnosed with femoral fracture at Alimosho General Hospital, Igando. He had been […]
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