International Injury Research Unit
JH-IIRU identifies solutions, influences policy, and advances the field of injury prevention throughout the world.
The Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit (JH-IIRU) strives to identify effective solutions to the growing burden of injuries in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), influence public policy and practice, and advance the field of injury prevention throughout the world.
Injuries cause more than five million deaths every year, resulting in high economic and social costs for communities around the globe. The costs are greater in low- and middle-income countries, where many public health systems have yet to prioritize injuries as a major health concern, despite the cost-effective methods available to prevent them.
Since our inception in 2008, JH-IIRU has played a leading role in injury prevention around the world. Building on a strong history of cutting-edge research framework from over a decade of innovation and research in global injury prevention and control, we’re working to create a world free of injuries through research, education, and practice.
Our Work
Through research, education, and practice, the JH-IIRU team is working to create a world free of injuries.
Research Projects
Our team of experts, across our leadership and faculty, conduct intervention trials, economic analyses, and surveillance studies in order to determine the impact of and identify potential solutions to a number of critical injury and disability areas in low- and middle-income countries.
Education
Instruction is a core feature of our efforts to address the global burden of injuries. Our education opportunities – including capacity development, courses, and webinars – focus on combining a strong public health approach, scientific principles, and examples from LMICs.
Practice
Our multidisciplinary unit is capable of addressing multidisciplinary injury needs through our service arm to respond to pressing, critically important public health requests with evidence-based, life-saving solutions. Regardless of scale or scope, we’re equipped to assess and combat any project.
Resources
Our extensive portfolio of projects has generated a diverse array of publications, comprehensive reports, and innovative resources that highlight the depth of expertise within JH-IIRU. These materials serve as valuable tools to communicate the global impact of our initiatives.
Capacity Strengthening
JH-IIRU builds global capacity to reduce injury burdens by combining public health expertise with on-the-ground insights from low- and middle-income countries, engaging diverse partners to create lasting impact.
Global Road Safety Leadership Course
The objective of the GRSLC is to enhance effective leadership capacity to optimally address road safety in low- and middle-income countries to reduce deaths and serious injuries around the world.
Global Drowning Prevention Leadership Institute
The GDPLI empowers professionals to transform technical expertise into effective, actionable drowning prevention programs worldwide.
Global Rehabilitation Leadership Institute
The Leadership Institute seeks to present both a systems thinking and a continuum of care approach, highlighting the role of rehabilitation and assistive technology within the health system.
Online Courses
We’ve developed two free online training programs launched in collaboration with the WHO. To date, nearly 3,000 people from more than 140 countries have enrolled and taken online classes and/or completed the courses.
Graduate Courses
Being part of the top-ranked Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health gives us a unique platform to develop and teach specialized courses in injury prevention.
ReLAB-HS
Launched in late 2020, ReLAB-HS is a comprehensive five-year program, funded by USAID, that responds to the escalating need for physical rehabilitation and assistive technology services in low and middle-income countries. ReLAB-HS works across all levels of the health system, building technical, policy, and research capacity; increasing political commitment; and inspiring leadership.
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