Nuong Nguyen, Vietnam Program Director at AIP Foundation, presented at the Conference of ASEAN Road Safety 2015 (CARS2015) this month. Nuong presented on Vietnam’s National Action Plan to increase helmet use among child motorcycle passengers. This inaugural conference brings together policymakers, scientists, researchers, practitioners, law enforcers, academics, and a wide range of public and private organizations from
The 2015 Secretary-General Report has been issued worldwide by the UN General Assembly Conference Services. The report, prepared by the World Health Organization, in cooperation with the United Nations regional commissions and other partners of the United Nations Road Safety Collaboration, provides an updated description of activities and achievements by the global road safety community
“Love your child. Provide a helmet.” and “Protect your passengers’ lives. Make sure they wear helmets.” are the two television commercials selected by the American Public Health Association (APHA) for the 2015 APHA Global Public Health Film Festival, to be held during APHA’s Annual Meeting and Expo (Oct. 31 – Nov. 4, 2015) in Chicago,
FedEx Express, in collaboration with Safe Kids Vietnam and AIP Foundation celebrated International Walk to School Month and launched this year’s Walk With FedEx Tour. The event included a parade of students and representatives walking to school to support the International Walk to School Month, which was held in parallel with walks in more than
AIP Foundation together with Kai County Education Committee, Kai Youth League organized the Walk Wise Phase 4 Launch ceremony at the beautiful Hanfeng Lake, Kai County, Chongqing. This is the 4th year Chevron has supported Walk Wise. The event aimed to educate the community and encourage everyone to be a responsible pedestrian. AIP Foundation has
AIP Foundation held a second consultative stakeholder meeting to discuss revisions to the television commercial of the “Head Safe. Helmet On.”(HSHO) project. HSHO is a two-year project supported by the United States Agency for International Development, Development Innovation Ventures (USAID-DIV) and others, aimed to increase helmet use in Cambodia. The purpose of the meeting was
Helmets for Kids sponsored by ARRB Group in collaboration with Rotary Matilda Bay and Rotary Sraprathum ended this month after a year of successful implementation. The project was held at Prathom Taveetha Pisek School located in Bangkok Yai District, Bangkok in a high-density traffic area. The school has 729 students and 49 teachers, of which 80%
The World Health Organization (WHO) released the Global Status Report (GSR) on Road Safety 2015 this month, reflecting information from 180 countries, indicating that worldwide the total number of road deaths has plateaued at 1.25 million per year, with the highest road traffic fatality rates in low-income countries. While there has been progress towards improving
AIP Foundation together with Kai county Education Committee, Kai Youth League, and sponsored by Chevron, organized a Walk Wise Phase 4 Launch ceremony at the beautiful Hanfeng Lake, Kai County, Chongqing in China. This is the fourth year Chevron has supported Walk Wise. Kai county Patrol Police, Kai Women’s Federation, and KCCO also supported the ceremony. The event
