JH-IIRU Director Attends Global Road Safety Meeting at Bloomberg in New York
On Wednesday, April 11, 2018, members of the Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit (JH-IIRU) team, including Director Adnan A. Hyder, traveled to New York City, New York to participate in a meeting for the 4th Global Status Report on Road Safety Advisory Committee.
Convening to prepare the 2018 report, Dr. Hyder joined road safety experts including the World Health Organization’s Dr. Etienne Krug and Dr. Nhan Tran—an alum of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
“Data from the report on road safety sponsored by Bloomberg Philanthropies is vital to help decision making on road safety at global and national levels,” said Dr. Hyder.
In 2015, the committee released its third global status report—available online here—which provided a snapshot of the road safety landscape at a global level and highlighted the existing challenges and available opportunities required to make a positive change.
Currently, JH-IIRU is working with a consortium of partners to improve road safety in 10 low- and middle-income countries around the world.
The Bloomberg Initiative for Global Road Safety (BIGRS) is a five-year, $125 million effort to reduce the burden of global road traffic injuries and fatalities and focuses on 10 cities in nine different LMICs. Through the program, partners support cities to strengthen and implement proven solutions through key road safety interventions like helmet and seatbelt wearing, along with speed and drunk driving reduction.
To learn more about JH-IIRU’s work with Bloomberg Philanthropies, and its global road safety efforts, please click here.
Dr. Adnan Hyder, director of the Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit, participated in a committee meeting at Bloomberg to prepare the 4th Global Status Report on Road Safety.