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Some figures on road traffic injuries(RTIs) in Iran shows that Iran has the third largest population in Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) with about 13% of total population of EMR, greatest number of vehicles in EMR with about 20 657 627 (32% of total vehicles in the region, high percentage of 2-3 wheels vehicles. Reported road […]

More than 1.24 million people die and between 20 and 50 million people are injured on the world’s roads every year, with the largest portion of this burden carried by those in low and middle income countries. Improvement to road infrastructure is a key mechanism for improving safety in all countries. A variety of proven

NGO Avoid Accident in association of local Police launched a special drive “SEE ME SAVE ME” for the safety of non motor vehicles especially cycles in which we have fixed high quality reflective on more than 500 cycles to save them from the accidents during night and fog on roads as they are hard to

Social Research and Development Organization (SRDO) has showed serious concern over the loss of precious lives in a road accident in Salgiran, near Muree on 8th January 2014. According to reports, displayed and published in various newspapers and news channels, 15 people were died and a number of injured in a tragic bus accident. The

The Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit (JH-IIRU) is offering for the first time a free, online training certificate programme on Road Traffic Injury Prevention and Control in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (RTIP). Comprised of seven multimedia educational modules, this comprehensive programme covers a wide range of topics, such as: Basics of road traffic injury

As you know we launched a “Call for Proposals to Host the RTIRN Secretariat”. The call had a great response and we received many outstanding proposals and the review/selection process was very competitive. We are very pleased to announce that Dr. Cuong Pham V and Dr. La Ngoc Quang from the Center for Injury Policy

In Kyrgyzstan, the negative growth trend of deaths and injuries is being observed in road accidents. Each year, more than one thousand people are dying (1,217 people in 2013, the number increased up to 13% compared to 2012 indicator), 10,738 people were injured in 2013 (in 2012 – more than 8000 people). It is obvious,

The Social Research and Development Organization (SRDO), Legal Rights Forum (LRF) and Strengthening Participatory Organization (SPO) had successfully organized a Consultative Workshop on “Harassment of Women in Public Transport & Public Places” on Friday, 31st January 2013, at the office of Legal Rights Forum (LRF), Karachi. Mr. Anis Danish, Advocate Malik Tahir Iqbal, Mr. Abdul

RTIRN partners Dr. Diana Samarakkody and Professor Samath Dharmarathna just published a book on injury prevention (Grass roots Injury Prevention – GRIP Guide) by Practical Action Publishing, United Kingdom. This book is targeted for grass root level injury prevention practitioners and one chapter is dedicated to discuss on prevention of road traffic injuries. The GRIP