Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit
A World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Injuries, Violence and Accident Prevention
The Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit was established within the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's Department of International Health as a way to respond to the growing burden of injuries worldwide. Through research, collaboration and training, the Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit strives to identify effective solutions to the growing burden of injuries in low- and middle-income populations, influence public policy and practice, and advance the field of injury prevention throughout the world.
Injuries cause more than five million deaths every year, resulting in high economic and social costs for communities around the globe. These costs are greater in low- and middle-income countries, where many public health systems have yet to prioritize injuries as a major health concern, despite the cost-effective methods available to prevent them.
On June 1-2, 2017, Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit (JH-IIRU) organized its first workshop as part of the Johns Hopkins University-Hanoi School of Public Health Trauma and Injury Research Program (JHU-Hanoi-TRIP).
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On May 10-11, 2017, Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit (JH-IIRU) faculty, including Drs. Adnan Hyder, Abdul Bachani and Nino Paichadze together with colleagues from Makerere University School of Public Health, Drs. Olive Kobusingye and Milton Mutto, participated in a Fogarty International Center (FIC) Noncommunicable Diseases (NCD) Networking Meeting in Rockville, MD.
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On May 2, 2017, Johns Hopkins International Injury Research (JH-IIRU) faculty, including Drs. Adnan Hyder, Qingfeng Li, and Kunle Alonge, attended a Bloomberg Philanthropies meeting on drowning prevention in New York City.
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Recently, Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit (JH-IIRU) faculty and staff, including Drs. Abdul Bachani, Amber Mehmood and Isaac Botchey, traveled to Munyonyo, Uganda to attend a symposium and injury forum.
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Join us and hundreds of public health and safety practitioners from the United States and around the world at Safe Kids Worldwide’s biennial Childhood Injury Prevention Convention (PrevCon) taking place July 26-29, 2017, in Baltimore, MD. You won’t want to miss this dynamic conference where injury prevention and public health experts meet in an extraordinary exchange of information, innovation and inspiration. Learn more at www.PrevCon.org
The World Health Organization (WHO) in collaboration with the Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit (JH-IIRU) is pleased to offer a free, online course developed to support capacity building in the field of road safety legislation.
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Professor Adnan Hyder gives a brief overview of the International Injury Research Unit in the Department of International Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Save the date! The 13th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion will be held in Bangkok, Thailand from November 5-7, 2018. Stay tuned for more information.
Your gift will help the Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit to respond to the growing burden of injuries around the world. Through research, collaboration and training, the International Injury Research Unit strives to identify effective solutions to the injuries in low- and middle-income populations, influence public policy and practice, and advance the field of injury prevention throughout the world.
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The Pulitzer Center’s new initiative to increase visibility of road traffic injuries includes the interactive “roads kill” map. Learn more about the project and check out the map.
BBC reporter Mark Whitaker reports on the biggest killer of children in Southeast Asia: Drowning.