Improving research to protect vulnerable populations

O18: Vulnerable Road Users - Is There a Way to Protect? 

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Research to improve the health of vulnerable populations

Mani Jegathesan tells Fiona Fleck how his carriers in tropical disease research and athletics combine to serve public health.

Vulnerable Populations: Vulnerable People

Vaccinating to Protect a Vulnerable Subpopulation

BACKGROUND Epidemic influenza causes serious mortality and morbidity in temperate countries each winter. Research suggests that schoolchildren are critical in the spread of influenza virus, while the elderly and the very young are most vulnerable to the disease. Under these conditions, it is unclear how best to focus prevention efforts in order to protect the population. Here we investigate the...

o18: vulnerable road users - is there a way to protect?

road traffic accident (rta) is a global burden of disease. more than 1.25 million people per year are killed by rtas. more than half of the fatalities strike vulnerable road users (e. g. pedestrians, skaters, cyclists and other non-protected road users). the ongoing challenge is to protect vulnerable road users (vru). as a vru is neither shielded by seatbelts or crumple zones nor by airbags, th...