Around 20% of deaths caused by road traffic accidents in Mozambique are children under 13 years. Children are particularly vulnerable because they often walk or use unsafe transportation to and from school. 

SaveKidsLives is the theme for Global Road Safety Week 2015. The week is a call for action by policy makers to protect children from fatal accidents by creating a safe journey to and from school with speed limits on the roads, safe foot- and cycle paths, safe crossings, seatbelts in school busses and other public transportation, and helmets for motorcyclists. 

WHO and civil society are supporting the Government of Mozambique to highlight road safety throughout the country. The activities were launched on 30 April in Benfica secondary school in Maputo Province with the implementation of the WHO global school road safety package about how to protect children from road traffic accidents. 

The Road Safety Week is one of the activities of the Decade of Road Safety (2011-2020) aiming at highlighting the plight of children on the roads and to generate action to ensure their safety.