Table 1 Objectives and principles of Road Traffic Injuries Research Network

Specific objectives

• To advocate for research to reduce the burden of road traffic injuries (RTIs) in LMICs

• To set priorities for RTI research in LMICs

• To help develop capacity for RTI research in LMICs

• To promote investments for RTI research in LMICs

• To facilitate communication between partners involved in RTI research in LMICs

• To conduct strategic research on RTIs in LMICs

• To disseminate and promote the application and utilization of research to reduce the burden of RTIs in LMICs

Basic principles of operation

• Transparency in its creation and governance

• Effective governance, accountable to its Partners

• Sensitivity to gender, language, diversity of disciplines, differential needs, and policies of related sectors, and to their implications for its mode of work

• Complementing rather than duplicating existing activities, and in particular focusing energies where an international entity has a comparative advantage

• Ensuring special attention to equity concerns and the capacity building needs of LMICs