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International Injury Research Unit Weekly Media Report June 18, 2013*

Hopkins International Injury Research — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:49:47 +0000

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Recently, members of the Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit (JH-IIRU), including associate directors Abdulgafoor Bachani and Kent Stevens and post doctoral fellow Hadley KH Wesson, published study in Injury that examined the trends in injuries over a 15-year period in Cape Town, South Africa.

International Injury Research Unit Weekly Media Report June 17, 2013*

Hopkins International Injury Research — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:41:59 +0000

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International Injury Research Unit Weekly Media Report June 10-14, 2013*

Hopkins International Injury Research — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 19:57:06 +0000

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Recently, members of the Johns Hopkins International Injury Research (JH-IIRU) team, and colleagues from the Department of International Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health published a paper in Global Public Health that explores the disparity in research and develops a scientific approach for evaluating large-scale road safety programs in LMICs. Read more here: http://www.jhsph.edu/research/centers-and-institutes/johns-hopkins-international-injury-research-unit/news/JHIIRU_Team_Publishes_Paper_Exploring_LargeScale_Road_Safety_Programs_in_LMICs

Friday

Pedestrian Killed and Learners Injured in City Road “Accidents”
Daily Nation (Kenya)
June 14, 2013
http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Pedestrian-killed-and-learners-injured-in-city-road-accidents-/-/1056/1882410/-/d73ebez/-/index.html

Runover “Accidents” Increased in Dubai
Khaleej Times (Dubai)
June 14, 2013
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/kt-article-display-1.asp?xfile=data/transport/2013/June/transport_June11.xml§ion=transport

Every Life is Important, Traffic Cops Tell Drivers
Times of India (India)
June 14, 2013
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/Every-life-is-important-traffic-cops-tell-drivers/articleshow/20582901.cms

Thursday

Savings Lives” “Road Safety is the Collective Responsibility of the Society
The Express Tribune (Pakistan)
June 13, 2013
http://tribune.com.pk/story/562439/saving-lives-road-safety-is-the-collective-responsibility-of-the-society/

Traffic “Accidents” Prompt Stricter Road Supervision
Vietnam Net (Vietnam)
June 13, 2013
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/society/76572/traffic-accidents-prompt-stricter-road-supervision.html

More than 2000 Killed in 30,000 “Accidents” on Zimbabwe’s Roads
Bernama (Malaysia)
June 13, 2013
http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v7/wn/newsworld.php?id=955855

Wednesday

Coffins on Wheels: Boda Bodas Turn Roads into Death Traps
Standard Media (Kenya)
June 12, 2013
http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000085712&story_title=coffins-on-wheels-boda-bodas-turn-roads-into-death-traps

Install Child Safety Seats in Cars to Ensure Safety of Little Ones, Public Urged
Standard Media (Malaysia)
June 12, 2013
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2013/6/12/sarawak/13226211&sec=sarawak

Health Officials Convene to Step up Efficiency in Road Fatality Reduction
National News Bureau of Thailand
June 12, 2013
http://thainews.prd.go.th/centerweb/newsen/NewsDetail?NT01_NewsID=WNSOC5606120010010

Tuesday

New Seatbelts Carrying Safety Messages Installed
Asia One (Singapore)
June 11, 2013
http://ride.asiaone.com/news/general/story/new-seatbelts-carrying-safety-messages-installed-16000-taxis

Educate Public on Road Rules
New Indian Express (India)
June 11, 2013
http://newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/Educate-public-on-road-rules/2013/06/11/article1629305.ece

Crying Need for Safe Motorcycle Lane
The Sun Daily (Malaysia)
June 11, 2013
http://www.thesundaily.my/news/739379

Monday

20 Drowning Incidents in One Month Around Bangalore
The New Indian Express (India)
June 8, 2013
http://newindianexpress.com/cities/bangalore/20-drowning-incidents-in-one-month-around-Bangalore/2013/06/08/article1625531.ece

Road “Accidents” and Fatalities Decline in Oman
Gulf News (UAE)
June 9, 2013
http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/oman/road-accidents-and-fatalities-decline-in-oman-1.1194626

Seven Die in Luxor Traffic “Accident”
Egypt Independent (Egypt)
June 9, 2013
http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/seven-die-luxor-traffic-accident

Traffic Cops Seek Citizens’ Help for Road Safety
Times of India (India)
June 9, 2013
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-06-09/allahabad/39849300_1_road-safety-traffic-cops-fatal-and-non-fatal-category

New WJS Issue with great #globalsurgery articles – #GBD ASAP @WHO GIEESCWorld Journal of Surgery

GHHub — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:03:01 +0000

Confronting the Global Burden of Surgical Disease
Charles Mock

Proceedings of the 4th Annual Meeting of the Alliance for Surgery and Anesthesia Presence (ASAP): Building Sustainable Surgical Systems
Stephen W. Bickler & Kelly McQueen

World Health Organization Global Initiative for Emergency and Essential Surgical Care: 2011 and Beyond
David A. Spiegel, Fizan Abdullah, Raymond R. Price, Richard A. Gosselin & Stephen W. Bickler

Disparities in Access to Surgical Care within a Lower Income Country: An Alarming Inequity
Syed Nabeel Zafar, Zafar Fatmi, Aftab Iqbal, Roomasa Channa & Adil H. Haider

Economic Modeling of Surgical Disease: A Measure of Public Health Interventions
D. Scott Corlew

Designing a Contextually Appropriate Surgical Training Program in Low-resource Settings: The Botswana Experience
Dorotea Mutabdzic, Alemayehu G. Bedada, Balisi Bakanisi, Joseph Motsumi & Georges Azzie

Improving Surgical Care in Mongolia: A Model for Sustainable Development
Raymond Price, Orgoi Sergelen & Chadraabal Unursaikhan

Collaboration in Surgical Capacity Development: A Report of the Inaugural Meeting of the Strengthening Rwanda Surgery Initiative
Robin T. Petroze, Gita N. Mody, Edmond Ntaganda, J. Forrest Calland, Robert Riviello, Emile Rwamasirabo, Georges Ntakiyiruta, Patrick Kyamanywa & Emmanuel Kayibanda

5 Things We All Should Know About Hunger and Malnutrition

TEDxChange — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 21:00:00 +0000

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5 Things We All Should Know About Hunger and Malnutrition

International Injury Research Unit Weekly Media Report June 13, 2013*

Hopkins International Injury Research — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:59:46 +0000

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Thursday

Traffic “Accidents” Prompt Stricter Road Supervision
Vietnam Net (Vietnam)
June 13, 2013
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/society/76572/traffic-accidents-prompt-stricter-road-supervision.html

More than 2000 Killed in 30,000 “Accidents” on Zimbabwe’s Roads
Bernama (Malaysia)
June 13, 2013
http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v7/wn/newsworld.php?id=955855

We’re Finalists in the Mobile for Good Awards India

Milbank Quarterly — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 05:26:00 +0000

By Kelli Meyer We are thrilled to announce that Arogya World’s mDiabetes project has been selected as a finalist in the Vodafone Mobile for Good Awards 2013 in India. Through a partnership between Vodafone Foundation and the Digital Empowerment Foundation, these Awards, for the third year in a row, aim to recognize the best mobile innovations that drive social change and improve lives, within the social sector in India. Through our mDiabetes project we are doing just that. In 12 different languages, we are encouraging people in India through compelling and informative text messaging to make healthy lifestyle changes and prevent diabetes and other NCDs. A funding of Rs 4 million will be granted to 4 leading NGOs which demonstrate the best practice in mobile innovation in the areas of Health, Education, Governance and Business.

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We’re Finalists in the Mobile for Good Awards India

KIDS: Draw, Paint, Create— Be Heads Up about Concussion Safety

CDC Injury Center — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 21:44:00 +0000

When you watch a child’s creativity come to life, you can see how their imaginations help them describe the world around them. Through their artwork, they can share their thoughts and ideas with a peer, parent, or teacher. They can express their feelings and their important lessons in life. If you give a child the opportunity to teach others about safety in their own words and images, you give them a way of reaching out in original and imaginative ways!

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KIDS: Draw, Paint, Create— Be Heads Up about Concussion Safety

International Injury Research Unit Weekly Media Report June 12, 2013*

Hopkins International Injury Research — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 19:55:09 +0000

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Wednesday

This Week @PLOSMedicine: Noncommunicable Disease Prevention in LMICs,…

PLoS Medicine Blog — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:55:00 +0000

Lachat C, Otchere S, Roberfroid D, Abdulai A, Seret FMA, et al. (2013). PLoS Med 10(6): e1001465. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001465 This week PLOS Medicine focuses on diet, exercise, and road safety with the following new articles: Nine years after the World Health Organization (WHO) adopted a global strategy on diet, physical activity, and health to address risk factors for noncommunicable diseases (chronic diseases such as heart disease and diabetes), Patrick Kolsteren and colleagues find that only a few low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) have implemented robust national policies to help prevent such diseases. These findings suggest that the majority of the world’s LMICs are not prioritizing the prevention of noncommunicable diseases through evidence-based actions, such as limiting fat and salt intake and encouraging physical activity. The authors propose that an open-access repository of best practices and what works and what doesn’t in policy development could improve the situation

This Week in PLOS Medicine: Noncommunicable Disease Prevention in LMICs,…

Nudging Global Health

CGDev — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:54:00 +0000

This is a joint post with Denizhan Duran. Leveraging better health outcomes is difficult without addressing the behavioral roots of health problems: around half of the world’s disability-adjusted life years are lost due to behavioral factors such as physical inactivity, high blood pressure, malnutrition and smoking. On top of these, a significant portion of the burden associated with communicable diseases is also due to behavioral factors: limited use of preventive health care like immunization, poor child feeding practices, risky-taking behaviors, poor adherence to treatment and poor hygiene are all important drivers of healthy life years lost in low- and middle-income countries. Given the scale and scope of this problem, public health professionals have long focused on ways to drive behavior change. Traditional health behavior change models seek to explain healthy (or risky) behavior using the “health belief model” – which basically asserts that changing beliefs can change behaviors subject to environmental constraints, or – in other presentations, that people engage rationally in cost-benefit analysis to make decisions about their and their children’s health.

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Nudging Global Health

May 2013-A Key Month for NCDs

From Poverty to Power — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 20:46:00 +0000

The last few weeks have marked a period of great advances in global health. First there was the historic 66th World Health Assembly, where the famous Omnibus Resolution on NCDs, non-communicable diseases, was passed on the 27th of May, with 41 countries from all regions of the world co-sponsoring it. Then a few days later on the 30th of May, came the release of the Recommendations from the High Level Panel of Eminent Persons on what the world’s development goals could look like (the Post-2015 agenda). Other big meetings also occupied the world stage – the Women Deliver Conference in Malaysia (end May) and the Nutrition Summit in London (early June). Exciting times indeed for those of us who work in global health and development

More here:
May 2013-A Key Month for NCDs

International Injury Research Unit Weekly Media Report June 11, 2013*

Hopkins International Injury Research — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 19:59:39 +0000

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Tuesday

New Seatbelts Carrying Safety Messages Installed
Asia One (Singapore)
June 11, 2013
http://ride.asiaone.com/news/general/story/new-seatbelts-carrying-safety-messages-installed-16000-taxis

Educate Public on Road Rules
New Indian Express (India)
June 11, 2013
http://newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/Educate-public-on-road-rules/2013/06/11/article1629305.ece

Crying Need for Safe Motorcycle Lane
The Sun Daily (Malaysia)
June 11, 2013
http://www.thesundaily.my/news/739379

International Injury Research Unit Weekly Media Report June 10, 2013*

Hopkins International Injury Research — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 20:08:57 +0000

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Monday

Road “Accidents” and Fatalities Decline in Oman
Gulf News (UAE)
June 9, 2013
http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/oman/road-accidents-and-fatalities-decline-in-oman-1.1194626

Seven Die in Luxor Traffic “Accident”
Egypt Independent (Egypt)
June 9, 2013
http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/seven-die-luxor-traffic-accident

International Injury Research Unit Weekly Media Report June 3-7, 2013*

Hopkins International Injury Research — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 19:53:56 +0000

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JH-IIRU recently published results from a child home injury prevention pilot study in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. “Disseminating Childhood Home Injury Risk Reduction Information in Pakistan: Results from a Community-Based Pilot Study,” suggests that targeted home injury prevention information can result in decreased unintentional injuries in children in homes in low-income communities. Read more here: http://www.jhsph.edu/research/centers-and-institutes/johns-hopkins-international-injury-research-unit/news/JHIIRU_Publish_Results_of_Pilot_Study_on_Childhood_Injury_in_Pakistan

Friday

Drowning Deaths Doubled in 2012 in Sharjah
Gulf News (UAE)
June 7, 2013
http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/emergencies/drowning-deaths-doubled-in-2012-in-sharjah-1.1193745

24X7 Ambulance Service on National Highways Made Mandatory
Times of India (India)
June 7, 2013
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/24×7-ambulance-service-on-national-highways-made-mandatory/articleshow/20469649.cms?

At Least 42 Killed in China Bus Fire
DNA (India)
June 7, 2013
http://www.dnaindia.com/world/1845118/report-at-least-42-killed-in-china-bus-fire

A Map of the Countries with the Most Dangerous Roads
Washington Post (USA)
June 7, 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/06/07/a-map-of-the-countries-with-the-most-dangerous-roads/

Thursday

Oman Traffic “Accident” Rate Tests Health Sector
Gulf News (UAE)
June 6, 2013
http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/oman/oman-traffic-accident-rate-tests-health-sector-1.1193524

Police to use Software to Map “Accident” Sites
Times of India (India)
June 6, 2013
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Police-to-use-software-to-map-accident-sites/articleshow/20452742.cms

An App That’s Against Driver Distraction
Gulf Times (Qatar)
June 6, 2013
http://www.gulf-times.com/qatar/178/details/355312/app-that%E2%80%99s-against-driver-distraction

Wednesday

38 Dead in Sudan Road Crash
Africa Review (Kenya)
June 4, 2013
http://www.africareview.com/News/38-dead-in-Sudan-road-crash/-/979180/1872918/-/12qa5vh/-/index.html

Goa May Shut Down Bars Along National Highways to Curb Road “Accidents”
First Post India (India)
June 4, 2013
http://www.firstpost.com/india/goa-may-shutdown-bars-along-national-highways-to-curb-road-accidents-844535.html

Car “Accidents” Still a Concern in Baku
Azer News (Azerbaijan)
June 4, 2013
http://www.azernews.az/azerbaijan/54899.html

African Experts Urged to Recommend Implementable Plan for Continental Roads and Road Safety
All Africa Newswire (Ghana)
June 4, 2013
http://allafrica.com/stories/201306051841.html

Tuesday

Three Teens Drown in Disused Quarry
The Hindu (India)
June 4, 2013
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/three-teens-drown-in-disused-quarry/article4770048.ece

Road Carnage Returns to Levels before Michuki
The Nation (Kenya)
June 4, 2013
http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Road-carnage-returns-to-pre-Michuki-levels/-/1056/1870362/-/8u454yz/-/index.html

70.5 Thousand Road Traffic “Accidents” Already Occur in Ukraine in 2013
Forum (Ukraine)
June 4, 2013
http://en.for-ua.com/news/2013/06/04/165044.html

Mother, Four Children Sustain Burns, Injuries, Critical
Business Standard (India)
June 4, 2013
http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/mother-four-children-sustain-burn-injuries-critical-113060401151_1.html

A Global Imperative: Ending Child Malnutrition

TEDxChange — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 14:13:00 +0000

Taken from:

A Global Imperative: Ending Child Malnutrition

International Injury Research Unit Weekly Media Report June 6, 2013*

Hopkins International Injury Research — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 19:38:32 +0000

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Thursday

Oman Traffic “Accident” Rate Tests Health Sector
Gulf News (UAE)
June 6, 2013
http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/oman/oman-traffic-accident-rate-tests-health-sector-1.1193524

An App That’s Against Driver Distraction
Gulf Times (Qatar)
June 6, 2013
http://www.gulf-times.com/qatar/178/details/355312/app-that%E2%80%99s-against-driver-distraction

Which rich countries are good/bad on hunger and nutrition? A new index…

From Poverty to Power — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 23:10:00 +0000

A few weeks ago, I wrote about the new Hunger and Nutrition Commitment Index of developing countries. Yesterday, IDS published a second HANCI for the donor countries. The Index assesses governments on both their promises and performance, strokes the good guys and slaps the bad, provides arguments and data for civil society and scrutinizes aid

More here:
Which rich countries are good/bad on hunger and nutrition? A new index…

International Injury Research Unit Weekly Media Report June 5, 2013*

Hopkins International Injury Research — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 19:58:51 +0000

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Wednesday

38 Dead in Sudan Road Crash
Africa Review (Kenya)
June 4, 2013
http://www.africareview.com/News/38-dead-in-Sudan-road-crash/-/979180/1872918/-/12qa5vh/-/index.html

Car “Accidents” Still a Concern in Baku
Azer News (Azerbaijan)
June 4, 2013
http://www.azernews.az/azerbaijan/54899.html

African Experts Urged to Recommend Implementable Plan for Continental Roads and Road Safety
All Africa Newswire (Ghana)
June 4, 2013
http://allafrica.com/stories/201306051841.html

International Injury Research Unit Weekly Media Report June 4, 2013*

Hopkins International Injury Research — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 18:13:43 +0000

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Tuesday

Three Teens Drown in Disused Quarry
The Hindu (India)
June 4, 2013
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/three-teens-drown-in-disused-quarry/article4770048.ece

Road Carnage Returns to Levels before Michuki
The Nation (Kenya)
June 4, 2013
http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Road-carnage-returns-to-pre-Michuki-levels/-/1056/1870362/-/8u454yz/-/index.html

70.5 Thousand Road Traffic “Accidents” Already Occur in Ukraine in 2013
Forum (Ukraine)
June 4, 2013
http://en.for-ua.com/news/2013/06/04/165044.html