A new World Health Organization report shows that road traffic death rates in the past decade have increased significantly in the African region, with almost 250 000 lives lost on the continent's roads in 2021 alone.

Global rates fell by 5% during the same period.  

For more on this report, we are now joined on the line by Dr Chiara Retis, Team Leader for the Violence, Injuries and Disability Unit at WHO Regional Office for Africa.