Ghana has been selected as one of the 15 countries to benefit from Bloomberg Philanthropies’ $240 million commitment to help prevent road traffic deaths over a six-year period. The initiative which works both at the national and the city levels has also selected Accra (Continuing city) and Kumasi (New city) to be part of the 30 cities around the world nominated to benefit from the initiative on the city level. The Six-year plan seeks to save 600,000 more lives and prevent up to 22 million injuries worldwide.