The British Medical Journal’s Injury Prevention Journal published a paper on the National Child Helmet Action Plan (NCHAP), titled Evaluation of an integrated multisector campaign to increase child helmet use in Vietnam, this month. The paper was a collaboration between authors from AIP Foundation, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and its Field Epidemiology Training Program, and
In partnership with National Traffic Safety Committee and Ministry of Education and Training, AIP Foundation convened two Safety Delivered kick-off workshops in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City this month. The event brought together government officials from both the national and provincial levels of the Traffic Safety Committee and the Ministry of Education and Training as well
AIP Foundation, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), the Bloomberg Initiative for Global Road Safety (BIGRS), and the Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI), organized a workshop for Legal Development Program (LDP) members that focused on improving road safety legislation in Thailand. In addition to a special presentation by road safety expert and Assistant Professor Dr. Taweesak
World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims (WDoR) 2017 was held on 19 November, 2017. To commemorate the more than 1.25 million people who die on the world’s roads every year, we participated in activations across our program countries. In Vietnam, our team joined local government officials to visit the families of seven road
Pol. Lt. Colonel Dr. Panupong Panudulkitti, Inspector in the Traffic Police Division and Legal Development Program (LDP) member, presented at the second ASEAN Traffic Police Forum on behalf of the Royal Thai Police department. He presented on the current road safety situation in Thailand including both recent successes and continuing challenges. The forum was held
Today, students from Kien Hung and Bien Giang Primary Schools in Hanoi received 3,091 high-quality helmets as part of the Safety Delivered program supported by The UPS Foundation. More than 2,300 participants attended the helmet handover ceremony held at Kien Hung Primary School, including representatives from UPS; traffic safety government officials and police; local partners from program
Helmets for Families, sponsored by Manulife Cambodia, celebrated its sixth anniversary by expanding its road safety education to Veal Vong Primary School in Kampong Cham Province. This year, over 1,000 high-quality helmets were donated to the community, as well as an education program on road safety awareness to students. Veal Vong Primary School was selected
AIP Foundation President and Founder Greig Craft attended ‘Road Safety for Sustainable Cities: A Multi-stakeholder Conference’ held in Manila, where he presented on the Global Helmet Vaccine Initiative (GHVI) and our role in establishing and assisting with implementation of the initiative across Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Uganda, and Tanzania. The conference was organized by the United Nations Institute for
AIP Foundation President and Founder Greig Craft joined road safety experts from 22 countries for a conference in New Delhi, India titled ‘Vulnerable Road Users Safety in South East Asia.’ The three-day conference was organized by the Institute of Road Traffic Education (IRTE) and addressed issues of road safety for pedestrians, elderly, disabled, as well
We met with the deputy director of Wat Chong Nonsi Primary School in Bangkok to discuss preparations for the Helmets for Kids program implementation at the school. The five-month program, which will be implemented between November 2017 and March 2018, is supported by Grab Taxi. In July, Grab ran a campaign in Bangkok pledging to donate 5% of
