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RTIRN SECOND WEBINAR

On June 21st 2010 at 13:00 hrs –(CST Mexico Time) it took place the second webinar organized by the RTIRN entitled “Disability and Road Traffic Injuries”. With the participation of Dr. Shanthi Ameratunga (RTIRN Board Member) and Dr. Tom Shakespeare (WHO). We are very proud of this accomplishment. We thank all our partners that supported […]

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RTIRN profiled by UN

We are very happy to share some good news with you – the Secretary General’s 2011 final report on improving road safety to the UN General Assembly is attached. The report shows some of the activities and achievements that took place on October 2009 to August 2011 towards the objectives of the Decade of Action

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RTIRN Workshop Discusses Capacity Development at Australia Injury Prevention Conference!

RTIRN hosted a pe-conference workshop in Brisbane at the annual meeting of the Australia Injury Prevention Network (AIPN) Conference on 2 Nov 2011. The workshop focused on understanding the nature of the Road Traffic Injury (RTI) burden in low and middle income countries from mortality to disability, followed by intense discussions around mechanisms and collaborations

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RTIRN regional workshop and Board meeting

November 7th 2011.- The Road Traffic Injuries Research Network (RTIRN) along with the World Health Organization South-East Asia Regional Office (SEARO) and The George Institute for Global Health organized the regional workshop entitled “WHO-RTIRN Regional workshop on Public Health Research on Road Traffic Injuries” to inform development of the SEARO draft regional road traffic injury

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RTIRN THIRD WEBINAR

On Novender 24th 2011 at 10:00 hrs–(CST Mexico Time) it took place the third webinar organized by the RTIRN entitled “How can we build capacity for injury and violence prevention?”. With the participation of Dr. David Meddings, from the Department of Violence and Injury Prevention and Disability at the World Health Organization (WHO). The webinar

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WORLD DAY OF REMEMBRANCE FOR ROAD TRAFFIC VICTIMS

On 1993 the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims –was first celebrated nationally, this special date has been observed and promoted worldwide by several non-governmental organizations (NGOs). This year some of our RTIRN partners join the commemoration of this very special date. Mexico Philippines Benin Contact Ricardo Pérez-Núñez, Tel: +52 777 1023946 Email:

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RTIRN FOURTH WEBINAR

On April 12th of 2012 at 8:00 hrs––(CST Mexico Time) it took place the RTIRN`s fourth webinar entitled “Road Traffic Safety and Law”. With the participation of Ms. Evelyn Murphy the World Health Organization (WHO). Ms. Evelyn Murphy talked about what does road safety law refer to? How has legislation been effective as part of

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RTIRN PARTNER WINS THE PRIME MINISTER’S AUSTRALIA ASIA POST GRADUATE AWARD

CARRS–Q student and recent RTIRN partner Mr. George Jia wins Prime Minister’s Australia Asia Post Graduate Award to undertake research into Drink Driving. CARRS-Q will lend its considerable expertise to China to try to determine why the nation has so many drink driving related road crashes. CARRS-Q Researcher George Jia said while China owned just

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SPECIAL JOURNAL ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS NEW IIRU RESEARCH ON GLOBAL ROAD SAFETY

In April, 2012, as part of the effort to draw attention to the growing burden of road traffic injuries, the Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit (JH-IIRU) at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health launched “Public Health Burden of Road Traffic Injuries: An Assessment from Ten Low- and Middle-Income Countries”, a special issue

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