Every child has the right to healthy development and an education. But every day more than 3000 children and adolescents suffer a road traffic death or serious injury.
Road danger and air pollution blight the school journeys and lives of millions more. The health burden to children caused by motorised traffic constitutes a major obstacle to child development and an unacceptable and preventable human tragedy.
Every child deserves a safe and healthy journey to and from school. The Global Initiative for Child Health & Mobility is a coalition of organisations and agencies coming together to advocate and work for this vision to become reality by 2030. Practical and cost-effective solutions are available, and can be delivered with sufficient political will.
With a focus on policies for sustainable transportation; road safety; clean fuels and vehicles; and equitable urban development,the campaign advocates for, and support practical activities to deliver, these Rights of the Child:
The mission: a safe and healthy journey to and from school for every child by 2030.
The Child Health Initiative comprises a founding partnership of UNICEF, Save the Children, UNEP, the World Resources Institute, the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) and the FIA Foundation. Intended as an implementation partnership for the Global Goals, the headline mission is to work towards a vision that, by 2030, every child should enjoy a safe and healthy journey to school.