This paper highlights the increasing problem of road traffic accident (RTA) related morbidity and mortality in Ghana, and the public health measures needed to control the problem. Descriptive data in the public domain from statutory bodies and media houses reports on country RTA information, as well as academic papers on the problem, were used as source of information about the problem. The obs...

BACKGROUND Fractures in pediatrics show epidemiological characteristics which are different from fractures in adults. The objective of this study was to examine the injury profiles of open upper extremity fractures (UEFs) in all modes of injury related to road traffic accidents (RTAs) in adult and pediatric hospitalized patients. METHODS Data on 103,465 RTA patients between 1997 and 2013 whos...

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE The presence of scapular fracture is believed to be associated with high rates of other injuries and accompanying morbidities. The aim was to study injury patterns and their overall outcomes in patients with scapula fractures. DESIGN AND SETTING Cross-sectional study of trauma patients treated at six general hospitals in Tehran. METHODS One-year trauma records were obt...

Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) are important as they can create an economic impact on international businesses and influence global policies. The key objective of this study is to understand whether India's agricultural export competitiveness with its partners has improved after the creation these Agreements. applies Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA) index gauge India RTA partners. data be...

Trade facilitation is essential to lowering overall trade costs and increasing economic returns on both the multilateral regional levels. also an integral part of agreements has become important component Belt Road Initiative (BRI). This paper adopts a time-varying stochastic frontier gravity model inefficiency assigns values different provisions construct relevant indicators assess impacts Wor...

Preferential Trade Agreements (PTAs) are agreements among a set of countries involving preferential treatment of bilateral trade between any two parties to the agreement relative to their trade with the rest of the world. Preferences, however, need not extend to all trade between the two, and the coverage could depend on the type of PTAs. Customs unions and the so-called free trade areas are co...

Many children and adolescents are exposed to traumatic experiences every year. Over 30% of these children develop a clinical syndrome with emotional, behavioural, cognitive, social, and physical symptoms called post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Road traffic accidents (RTAs) are the main cause of morbidity and mortality in ages 0–19 in industrialized countries. In Greece, 30,000 individuals...