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Symposium: Evaluating Road Safety Interventions for Health Outcomes

Date: 8 May, 2008 Venue: Berjaya Times Square Hotel and Convention Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia MIROS Staff at the Registration Desk This symposium, hosted by the RTIRN and arranged in collaboration with the Malaysian Institute for Road Safety Research (MIROS), aimed at achieving the RTIRN’s objective of equipping local and national researchers with road safety […]

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FGR presents poster in Australia about the Importance of Child Restraint Systems

Fundación Gonzalo Rodríguez (FGR) presented a poster at the “11th Australasian Injury Prevention & Safety Promotion Conference” held in Freemantle, Western Australia during November 11th and 13th 2013. The Poster, about the importance of Child Restraint Systems, was produced based on studies conducted by FGR and Fundación MAPFRE (available at: www.gonzalorodriguez.org). The Poster is available

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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 PARALLEL SESSION AT THE 10TH WORLD CONFERENCE ON INJURY PREVENTION & SAFETY PROMOTION

On Wednesday, September 22nd of 2010; the RTIRN parallel session took place at the 10th World Conference on Injury Prevention & Safety Promotion in London, England. The session was a total success; over 120 people attended the session including all 22 researchers that received an scholarship from the RTIRN to attend the World’s Conference. According

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Workshop for Multi-Country study on Helmet use in LMIC’s

Workshop for Multi-Country Study on Helmet use in LMICs Date: 7-8 May 2008 Venue: Berjaya Times Square Hotel and Convention Center, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia The second workshop for the MCS marked the start of this leading activity of the RTIRN towards achieving research capacity development. The workshop was attended by principle investigators from nine collaborating

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A new administration of the RTIRN Secretariat just started, Cuernavaca, Mexico

From April 21 to 25, the new RTIRN Secretary Dr. Cuong Pham V alongside with the new RTIRN Coordinator Dr. La Ngoc Quang visited the former Secretariat venue at Fundación Entornos A.C. in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico. This was a great opportunity to present the previous and present work that the former RTIRN Secretariat administration is

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FGR presents poster at the ITF-IRTAD/OISEVI Congress

Between November 13th and 15th 2013, under the ITF-IRTAD/OISEVI Congress held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Fundación Gonzalo Rodriguez made a presentation of a poster about Child Road Safety in Uruguay: National Analysis and Regional Projection, with the outcome of research referring to Child Road Safety carried out by FGR in Uruguay (available at: www.gonzalorodriguez.org) and

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Gains in motorcycle helmet use undermined by use of poor quality helmets

About 50% of the motorcycle helmets being worn in many low and middle-income countries (LMIC) are not likely to provide the protection needed to prevent injury and death, according to the findings of a study undertaken in nine LMIC in Africa, Asia and the Americas, coordinate by the Road Traffic Injuries Research Network (RTIRN), and

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