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World Health Organization (WHO): CDC’s Injury Center collaborated with WHO to develop materials about motor vehicle injuries and injury surveillance. WHO will distribute these materials to raise the awareness of motor vehicle injury as a preventable public health problem and to persuade policy makers to make injury prevention a high priority in their countries. The surveillance guide-lines will help countries design and establish injury surveillance systems that fit their unique needs and settings. The Injury Center also helped WHO develop its five-year strategy for preventing road traffic injuries, which will be used by WHO’s Department of Injuries and Violence Prevention.

Road Traffic Injuries and Health Equity in Developing Countries: In 2001, the Injury Center collaborated with Harvard University’s School of Public Health, WHO, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Center for Child Well-Being, and Volvo Corporation to sponsor an international conference on road traffic injuries and health equity in developing countries. Teams of representatives from 10 low- and middle-income countries met to identify specific problem areas in each country and tailor prevention strategies. The conference proceedings were published in a special issue of the journal Injury Control and Safety Promotion.

International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE):: The Injury Center worked with IUHPE in 2002and 2003 to assess injury and violence prevention activities in 30 countries.  The findings were used to develop country-specific injury prevention materials and guidelines for adding injury prevention to existing health education and health promotion programs. IUHPE issued a resolution in 2004calling on all member countries to support injury prevention activities as part of a global strategy to improve health.

National Forum on Road Traffic Injury Prevention in Mexico:: Road traffic injuries are the third leading cause of death in Mexico. In 2002, CDC helped the government of Mexico and Mexico’s National Institute of Public Health hold a national forum to address this major public health problem.  Researchers, public health experts, and state and federal government injury control representatives met to develop methods to reduce road traffic injuries on or near the borders. Conference proceedings were published in 2003 by the National Institute of Public Health of Mexico.  After implementing some of the plan’s interventions, Mexico’s pedestrian death rate dropped.