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City officials lead a workshop in Danang on December 17^th to mobilize local road traffic safety agents to improve the child motorcycle helmet situation in the city.

The workshop forms part of the first phase of a national campaign entitled “Children also need a helmet”, launched earlier this month by the National Traffic Safety Committee (NTSC), the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET), the National Traffic Police (C67), and the Asia Injury Prevention (AIP) Foundation. The social marketing campaign will be accompanied by strengthened police enforcement supported by the World Health Organization (WHO).

The focus of the workshop was to emphasize and build on the role of parents and teachers as key facilitators and role models for promoting correct child helmet use behavior. Parent and teacher representatives from 10 primary schools in the Cam Le and Lien Chieu districts were instructed on how best to protect and teach their children and students, thereby equipping future generations with the necessary knowledge and skills to protect themselves on the roads.

This workshop in Danang was part of a series of workshops carried out in Hanoi and Ho Chi Min City, which took place on November 12^th and November 25^th respectively. The workshops were accompanied by widespread distribution of informational flyers across the three cities throughout November.

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