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When Worlds Collide #115: Fast-tracking Road Safety in Sri Lanka
Text of my ‘When Worlds Collide’ column published in Ceylon Today newspaper on 18 July 2014 The Apollo 8 space mission, which lasted from 21 to 27 December 1968, was the first time that a manned spacecraft left Earth orbit, … Continue reading
Posted in Air Pollution, Communicating Development, Disaster, Education, Environmental management, Poverty, Public health, Public perceptions, Public policy, Road Safety, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Transport, Urban issues
Tagged Achini C Jayatilleke, Apollo 8, Astronaut Bill Anders, ‘pirimi kama’ (masculinity), ‘Transport for Health: The Global Burden of Disease from Motorized Road Transport’, celestial mechanics, Decade of Action for Road Safety, Dr Achala Upendra Jayatilleke, Dr Jim Yong Kim, Dr Samath D Dharmarathne, Global Burden of Disease 2010 report, Global status report on road safety 2013, helmet use, Isaac Newton, National Council for Road Safety (NCRS), Peradeniya University, road safety, road traffic crashes, testosterone, The Lancet, World Health Organisation (WHO)
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