New and Events

International Symposium on Injury Prevention in the Developing World The RTIRN supported an international symposium on Injury Prevention and Trauma Management in the Developing World in Karachi , Pakistan on 24 October 2007, which was attended by over 150 participants. Two RTIRN board members, Dr. Adnan Hyder (RTIRN Vice-Chair) and Dr. Abdul Ghaffar, RTIRN partner […]

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,

All Member States in the WHO South-East Asia (SEA) Region are low- and middle-income countries. In the SEA Region, the motorcycle is prevalently used as a family vehicle with children routinely transported as passengers. A motorcyclist is 26 times more likely to die in a crash per vehicle mile travelled in comparison with motorist. The

July 23rd, 2012; Mexico, DF.- The Mobility and Development Mexico AC handed, for the fifth time, the yellow diamond awards to the best road safety initiatives in Mexico, with the aim to identify and reward ongoing initiatives that positively affect Mexican society for the prevention of risks in traffic also to encourage the pursuit of

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

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

Global Forum for Health Research (GFHR) Forum-10 meeting – Beijing, China The RTIRN Secretary and several board members attended the Forum-10 meeting held from 29 October – 2 November 2007 in Beijing , China . The new Secretary, Dr. Junaid Razzak, was introduced to key GFHR staff members. RTIRN materials were also disbursed at the

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

Because of the great contributions we have received during thias last years, we believed that is important to acknowledge the effort and time invested from our RTIRN community on our newsletter. This is why we rewarded the best contributions of 2012. The Best Contribution Award (RTIRN BCA) of 2012 went to Dr. Hernán Málaga (Peru)

The carrot law is a restriction in the time limit of sale for alcoholic beverages, established in 1996 in the cities of Bogota and Cali, in order to reduce the effect of alcohol on violence, reducing mortality by homicides, road traffic injuries and suicides. This policy was also approved by Brazil and Paraguay. In 2007,