Road Traffic Injuries Research Network at the Aga Khan University 12 th National Health Sciences Research Symposium

Injury in the Developing World - from Prevention to Care

August 26-28 2008, Karachi , Pakistan

The National Health Sciences Research Symposium is an annual event organized by the Aga Khan University, and is one of the most recognized health sciences research and education related events of the country. The theme for this year's symposium is Injury in the Developing World.

RTIRN will participate in this event by organizing a workshop, under its initiative of Regional Workshops, utilizing the grant from the World Bank Global Road Safety Facility. The objective of such workshops is to equip local and national researchers with road safety knowledge and sound research skills.

Workshop Details:

Title: Measuring the Burden of Injuries - A Cost Effective Approach

Date:
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Venue:
Lecture Hall # 3, Aga Khan University , Karachi , Pakistan
Workshop Fee: PKR 1,000 per participant

Purpose:

• To introduce the participants to the rationale and approaches to measuring injury burden
• To describe the principles of injury surveillance
• To discuss practical aspects of setting up a surveillance system for injuries in a developing country

The workshop is suitable for:

• Public health professionals
• Injury researchers
• Physicians/surgeons involved in Trauma Research

Workshop facilitators:

Professor Robyn Norton
Professor of Public Health, University of Sydney
Principal Director, The George Institute for International Health, Sydney , Australia

Dr Adnan A Hyder
Associate Professor
Departments of International Health, and Health Policy & Management Center for Injury
Research & Policy, and Berman Institute of Bioethics, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health

Dr Nhan Tran
Research Fellow
Department of International Health
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Dr Syed Mohammad Baqir
Consultant Emergency Medicine
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Aga Khan University

Dr Muhammad Shahid
Consultant Emergency Medicine
Senior Instructor, Department of Medicine

Aga Khan University

To register, please complete the following form and return it to conf.sect@aku.edu

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