President Jacques Chirac of France is to host the official launch of World Health Day 2004, which is dedicated to road safety. The Paris conference on April 7th is bringing together leading road safety campaigners, including the FIA Foundation, and UN organisations to discuss strategies for improving global road safety. Since President Chirac made road safety a political priority in 2002, France has seen a dramatic fall in road traffic fatalities, down 20% in 2003.
Details of Paris World Health Day launch >