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The Prince Michael International Road Safety Awards recognize achievements and innovations which will improve road safety. Each year the most outstanding examples of international road safety initiatives are given public recognition through the scheme. These awards are organized and managed by Road Safe (http://www.roadsafetyawards.com/). It gives us great pleasure to inform you all that the […]

On Tuesday, March 15, 2011 The Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit was named WHO Collaborating Center for Injuries, Violence and Accident Prevention. For more in detail information and pictures of the event go to: http://www.jhsph.edu/iiru/news.htm We would like to congratulate Dr.Adnan Hyder and all his team for this accomplishment. Congratulations!!!

April 18, 2011 – The Road Traffic Injuries Research Network (RTIRN) received The Prince Michael International Road Safety Award on April 11 during the UN Road Safety Collaboration meeting in London. Dr. Adnan Hyder, board chairman for RTIRN and director of the Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Network, and Dr. Margie Peden of the World

May 3, 2011 – The Road Traffic Injuries Research Network (RTIRN) today announced a special page on its website dedicated to publicizing the activities of its partners and their institutions surrounding the launch of the United Nations Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020. According to the World Health Organization, more than 3,500 people die

May 11, 2011 – Today the world commemorated a special date, a massive event; all eyes were on the world wide launching of the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020. The World Health Organization, together with other local institutions, launched the Decade of Action in Beijing, China; where representatives of different cities in China

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

June 15, 2011 -On 9 June 2011, the WHO and the World Bank officially launched the first-ever World report on disability. “Disability is part of the human condition,” says WHO Director-General Dr Margaret Chan. “Almost every one of us will be permanently or temporarily disabled at some point in life. We must do more to

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

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

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