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Venue: The Sarova Stanley Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya The Multi Centre Study on Non-Standard Helmet had its 3 rd workshop in Nairobi, Kenya on June 22, 2009. All nine participating centers were represented by their PI or Co-PI. They were joined together by the RTIRN Board Members. There were a total of 17 participants for the […]

A one-day Regional Workshop on motorcycle injuries in low- and middle-income countries was held at The Sarova Stanley Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya, on June 23, 2009 – sponsored by the Road Traffic Injuries Research Network (RTIRN) and hosted by Maseno University. Over 60 multisectoral stakeholders that included doctors, nurses, lecturers, senior government officials from the

The second Board meeting of the year was held in Nairobi at The Sarova Stanley Hotel on June 24, 2009 , arranged by Dr. Wilson Odero, RTIRN Board member hosted by MASENO University. The secretariat presented the secretariat report which followed with a discussion on future funding of the network along with planning on timelines

December 2009 RTIRN Board meeting event was held in Accra, Ghana. Major decisions which were taken in this meeting are appended below; It is announced with immense pleasure that the new RTIRN secretariat was selected at this board meeting, and Dr Ricardo Perez Nunez is appointed as the new RTIRN Secretary, with the Entornos Foundation,

The RTIRN Regional Workshop on the “Prevention of Motorcycle Injuries in Africa” was held on December 02, 2009 at Alisa Hotel in Accra. It was jointly organized by the Building and Road Research Institute (BRRI) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Ghana, and the Road Traffic Injuries Research Network (RTIRN) with funding

From February 1st to February 4th, new Secretary received the baton from the former Secretariat colleagues at the Aga Khan University during his visit to Karachi, Pakistán. The objective of the visit was to learn the knowhow of Secretariat’s activities. Although transition is under way and some of the new initiatives would need more time

On June 16th 2010, the RTIRN and the Entornos Foundation with the collaboration of the National Institute of Public Health in Mexico successfully organized the launching ceremony of the new Secretariat. This event was transmitted by Webex both in English and Spanish (LINK DEL VIDEO, PENDIENTE). The ceremony took place in the “Guillermo Soberón” Auditorium

The RTIRN, the Entornos Foundation and the National Institute of Public Health organized this Regional Workshop in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico on June 16th. A multidisciplinary audience of more than 70 individuals attended this workshop that was held at the National Institute of Public Health’s facilities in Mexico. National and International experts, like Dr. Olive Kobusingye

The first RTIRN Board Meeting of 2010 took place on June 17th 2010 in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico. This meeting was held at the Entornos Foundation facilities which is current host of the RTIRN Secretariat. At this meeting, the Secretariat presented its six-month report of activities followed by an analysis of the Launching ceremony and Regional