International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention

Sponsors a Scientific Session at the

XVIIth World Congress of Epidemiology

Bangkok, Thailand

22 August 2005

ISCAIP sponsored a symposium on “Research on Childhood Injuries in Low and Middle Income Countries” at the recently held World Congress of Epidemiology in Thailand. The session was organized as a parallel scientific session and attracted leading researchers to attend. Dr. Adnan Hyder from Johns Hopkins University and Chair of ISCAIP moderated the session which included:

Dr. A.K.M. Fazlur Rahman from the Centre for Injury Prevention Research in Dhaka, Bangladesh spoke on the latest population based injury survey in Bangladesh which highlighted the increasing burden of injuries to children in that country. He provided details of the loss of life and health from drowning as a special concern for Bangladesh.
Dr. Rajam Krishnan, Professor of University of Malaya and ISCAIP Board Member for East Asia, spoke on the quality of data sources for child injury in Malaysia. He discussed the attempts to pilot specific interventions (especially bicycle helmet programs) in Malaysia.
Dr. Chamaiparn Santikarn from Thailand then spoke about the national injury surveillance system and discussed the need for interventions to prevent motorcycle injuries to children in her country.

Participants from around the world including Australia, Brazil, India, Iran, and the United States actively took part in the general discussion held after the presentations. The session ended with an invitation to all participants to join ISCAIP for a special meeting at the end of the upcoming World Conference on Injuries and Violence Prevention in South Africa in April 2006

Dr. Hyder ISCAIP Symposium IEA2005-Introduction
Dr. A.K.M. Fazlur Rahman ISCAIP Symposium IEA2005 presentation
Dr. Rajam Krishnan ISCAIP Symposium IEA2005 presentation
Dr. Chamaiparn Santikarn ISCAIP Symposium IEA2005 presentation