AIP Foundation President Greig Craft joined fellow road safety advocates for the National Conference on Road Safety organized by the Nepal Engineers’ Association in Kathmandu, Nepal. The main goal of the conference was to help participating organizations develop a deeper understanding of road safety issues and develop a consensus on the future course of action.
The International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health published a paper on the Global Helmet Vaccine Initiative (GHVI), titled A Comprehensive Approach to Motorcycle-Related Head Injury Prevention: Experiences from the field in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Uganda. The paper was a collaboration between AIP Foundation and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, including Greig Craft,
AIP Foundation CEO Mirjam Sidik joined fellow road safety advocates at the 2017 Australasian Road Safety Conference (ARSC2017), the largest road safety-dedicated conference in the Southern Hemisphere. At the conference, Sidik presented on our contributions to Vietnam’s National Child Helmet Action Plan, which aims to increase helmet use among child motorcycle passengers. She also discussed Street Wise, our
Mirjam Sidik, CEO of AIP Foundation, presented at the ‘Every Journey, Every Child’ Conference in London, UK. Her presentation discussed AIP Foundation’s holistic approach to improving child safety, particularly creating safe systems through evidence, advocacy, and action. The presentation was part of a panel for strategies for safer journeys to school. Hosted by the FIA Foundation,
AIP Foundation Thailand Chairperson Ratanawadee H. Winther joined fellow road safety experts for an advisory group meeting convened by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), the Institute of Road Traffic Education (IRTE), and the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Meeting participants discussed global and regional mandates
A number of our programs and initiatives are highlighted in a new report on improving global road safety that was issued by United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres. The UN document draws attention to key activities and achievements by the global road safety community in pursuance of the Decade of Action and Sustainable Development Goal
Our public service announcement video– “Tell Aunt PIA, She Can Sort it Out!”– has been selected for the 2017 APHA Global Public Health Film Festival being held during the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting & Expo (Nov. 4 – Nov. 8 ) in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. The video will be screened alongside feature films,
Cambodia Country Director Pagna Kim and Monitoring & Evaluation Advisor Roxy Gleeson facilitated a three-day helmet observation training in Bogotá, Colombia with the Touring & Automóvil Club de Colombia. We joined the workshop, which was convened by the FIA Foundation, in order to share our expertise in using video-recorded helmet observation as an evaluation methodology
Cambodia Country Director Pagna Kim joined a group of 15 road safety experts from 15 countries on five continents for the second Alliance Advocate Training Program hosted by the Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety (the Alliance) at FedEx Express World Headquarters in Memphis. Fedex sponsors and supports the program. The Alliance advocates were
AIP Foundation Thailand Chairperson, Ratanawadee H. Winther, joined road safety advocates from around the world for the Global Road Safety Leadership Course (GRSLC) held in Baltimore, U.S. Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit and Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP) organized the course. Over the two weeks, participants built leadership skills to design and advocate for effective
