06 August - Health - August is Child Safety Month
In today's show, we were joined by Chiedza Mavengeie – Researcher for Childsafe. She was here to talk
about their childsafe campaign. The childsafe campaign is aimed at raising awareness of
the need for parents and other adults to be more alert to danger and more
conscientious about taking steps to prevent accidents. “You’re bigger Be the
adult” is the theme for the campaign. It appears that younger children
especially those under the age of 6 are most at risk of accidental injuries
since a toddler whose not in a car seat has a five times greater chance of
dying in a car accident than one who is properly restrained. In South Africa , nearly 90 percent of
children being transported are not restrained. For further information you can
contact Childsafe on (021) 685 5208 or visit the website www.childsafe.org.za
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