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NGO gifts helmets to 1,200 children in Hanoi
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The Asia Injury Prevention Foundation (AIPF) Saturday organized the Helmets for Kids ceremony at Hanoi’s Hoang Hoa Tham primary school to mark the recent global release of a report on child injury prevention.

The report, by World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF, said a leading cause of injury and death among children around the world is head trauma from road accidents that can be prevented by wearing a helmet.

Helmets for Kids was sponsored by the Vietnam Helmet Wearing Coalition (VHWC), a public-private partnership established by the foundation in 2001.

Its members include, among others, AIPF, Australian aid agency AusAID, the National Traffic Safety Committee and WHO.

Reported by Vinh Bao