Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit Conducts Meetings as Part of the Saving of Lives from Drowning (SoLiD) in Bangladesh Project

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On January 29-February 2, 2017, Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit (JH-IIRU) team members, including Adnan Hyder, director of JH-IIRU; Olakunle Alonge, assistant scientist; and Priyanka Agrawal, postdoctoral fellow, traveled to Dhaka, Bangladesh as part of the Saving of Lives from Drowning (SoLiD) in Bangladesh project. 

SoLiD Presentation

JH-IIRU meets with CIPRB and icddr, b to discuss the SoLiD project

While in Dhaka, JH-IIRU participated in individual and joint meetings with the Centre for Injury Prevention & Research, Bangladesh (CIPRB) and the International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr, b). The purpose of the meetings was to discuss special issue papers, review data analysis, and discuss existing data sets. The teams also brainstormed on long-term sustainability of the SoLiD interventions and exchanged ideas for future collaboration in injury prevention work in Bangladesh. 

 

SoLiD Collaborators

JH-IIRU director, Adnan Hyder, with representatives from CIPRB and icddr, b