The second and third year students of Media participated in the workshop on ‘Reporting Road Safety’, organized by Department of Community and Family Medicine, University of Jaffna in collaboration with World Health Organization (WHO) and Sri Lanka Medical Association, held at Faculty of Medicine, University of Jaffna on 16th of October 2019.

The Opening Remarks given by Dr. RaziaPendse, WHO Representative to Sri Lanka and introduction to the workshop and an overview of road safety in Sri Lanka shared by Dr. AchalaJayatilleke, National Consultant, WHO Country Office for Sri Lanka .

Dr. Patanjali Dev Nayar, Consultant, Department of Noncommunicable Diseases and Environmental Health (NDE), WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia discussed under the titles of ‘Road Safety in SEAR – WHO Perspectives’ and ‘Role of Journalists in Promoting Road Safety’.

At the completion of the workshop, a WHO Publication ‘Reporting Road Safety: A guide for Journalists’ issued to the participants for future references.