Global Actions in Focus: China
In Nanjing, the launch event of the project “Respect Life and Say No to Drink Driving” commenced with a training workshop for policymakers on July 5 and drew a large number of key stakeholders. The workshop combined educational sessions, focus groups, and group discussions, helping to promote broader understanding about the problem of drink driving. A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed by the Jiangsu Provincial CDC and ICAP; a project agreement was also initiated with the Jiangsu Provincial Institute for Health Education.
In its second focus city, ICAP and CCHE introduced Global Actions and the drink driving initiative capacity-building plan with a launch event in Xi’an on July 7. The workshop concluded with a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed by ICAP and the Xi’an Institute for Health Education. With the support of local stakeholders, Global Actions will implement a series of activities, including facilitation of the training workshops for local government, planning and developing local interventions, and implementation of surveys before and after the interventions to evaluate the effectiveness of the project in the 2011-2012 time frame.
What’s Happening Next
· Global Actions Nigeria is launching a landmark road safety event in Abuja on July 18. Stakeholders participating in the strategic planning session will include representatives of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), the Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON), the chief representatives of local sponsors of Global Actions, Nigeria Breweries PLC and Guinness Nigeria PLC, and members of the law enforcement, transportation, and public health communities.
· In Vietnam, we will host a Publicity Campaign capacity-building workshop on July 21-22. The two-day Skills to Develop, Implement, and Evaluate a Drink Driving Coordinated Campaign training course will bring together 30 members of the Da Nang project team and teach key concepts and processes for developing and launching a road safety campaign.
· Also in Vietnam, final preparation for Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) training for medical staff will occur in late July. The testing training is for 20 to 30 medical staff of the Da Nang project team who are responsible for taking and testing blood samples of the road traffic victims in local hospitals and reporting the BAC results to the project evaluation team.
