AGENDA
International Symposium on Road Safety in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Hosted by the Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit
October 16, 2014
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Feinstone Hall, E2030
Baltimore, MD 21205 USA
Registration 8:30-9:00am
SESSION 1: WELCOME AND OPENING
Bloomberg Philanthropies Global Road Safety Program
Adnan Hyder, MD, MPH, PhD
Director, Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit, Director, Health Systems Program, Professor,
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Global Road Safety
Anselm Hennis, MD, MSc, PhD
Director of the Department of Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health, Pan American Health
Organization/World Health Organization.
SESSION 2: RISK FACTORS FOR ROAD TRAFFIC INJURIES
Drugs and Alcohol
Flavio Pechansky, MD, MSc, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Helmet Use
Cuong Pham, PhD
Associate Professor and Head, Department of Scientific Research Management, Center for Injury Policy and
Prevention Research, Hanoi School of Public Health (HSPH), Hanoi, Vietnam
Social-behavioral aspects
Shailaja Tetali MPH, PhD
Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Public Health, Hyderabad, India
SESSION 3: POST-INJURY CARE/TRAUMA CARE
Trauma Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Dr. Kent Stevens, MD, MPH
Associate Director, Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public
Health; Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Trauma Care in Kenya: A Case Study
Mr. Daniel Wako, EMT, MPA
Program Director, Risk Communication Emergency Response (RCER), Division of Global Health Protection
(DGHP) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Kenya
EMS Systems in India
Dr. G. Gururaj, MD
Professor & Head, Department of Epidemiology, National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences
SESSION 4: MONITORING AND EVALUATION FOR ROAD SAFETY
M&E Lessons from 10 Countries
Dr. Abdul Bachani, PhD, MHS
Associate Director, Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit, Assistant Scientist, International Health,
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Evaluation of Road Safety Program in Mexico
Dr. Ricardo Perez-Nunez, PhD
Director of Injury Prevention at the Secretariat of the National Council for Accident Prevention in Mexico
National Injury Surveillance System in China
Leilei Duan, MD
Director, Injury Prevention, Chinese National Centre for Chronic and Non-communicable Disease Control and
Prevention, China
CLOSING THANKS
Adnan Hyder MD, MPH, PhD
Director, Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit, Director, Health Systems Program, Professor,
International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
RECEPTION 5:00-6:15pm
Gallery
First floor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health