Global road safety expert: There’re challenges, but Nepal’s starting progress
Margie Peden Margie Peden of South Africa has been working in road accident prevention and road safety for the past three decades. In all these years, she has worked on a plethora of projects and research studies related to the issues. Peden currently holds the position of the head of the Global Injury Programme at The George Institute , UK. Earlier, she worked at the World Health Organization for 17 years as a co-director of the WHO Collaborating Centre on Injury Prevention and Trauma Care. Peden is currently in Nepal to launch a research project. As road safety still does not get enough priority in Nepal despite road accidents being everyday affairs here, Onlinekhabar has caught up with Peden and talked about different aspects of road safety in Nepal. Excerpts: As an international expert, how do you assess the status of road safety in Nepal? Nepal recently has started addressing road safety issues. This is really an important issue because road accidents are predictable and...