TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Road traffic accidents in Kathmandu---an hour of education yields a glimmer of hope
JO  - Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine
A1  - Basnet, Bibhusan
A1  - Vohra, Rais
A1  - Bhandari, Amit
A1  - Pandey, Subash
SP  - 19
EP  - 19
VL  - 21
IS  - 1
N2  - After the Metropolitan Traffic Police, Kathmandu initiated a "No Drinking and Driving" policy in 2011 in which a major intervention for intoxicated drivers was mandatory 1-hour class to modify drunk driving behaviors, reports show that the number of road traffic accidents in the year 2012 decreased by 23 percent from the year 2011. The injury to fatality ratio decreased by 21 percent in this period. We remain encouraged by these statistics which confirm that increased enforcement of road traffic rules, combined with behavioral change programs, can have positive changes in LMICs which suffer considerably from the global burden of trauma.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1757-7241
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-7241-21-19
ID  - ref1
ER  -