October 2007
TASC's Public Awareness Event - Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand
TASC continued its public awareness campaign in Thailand this month, with co-founder Ambassador Douglas “Pete” Peterson addressing the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand on Wednesday October 17. (more)
TASC Welcomes New Country Manager For Vietnam
TASC is delighted to announce that Mr Ian Scott is our new TASC Country Manager for Vietnam. As part of TASC’s ongoing commitment to Vietnam, Ian will be located in Da Nang, Central Vietnam. (more)
Tragic Drowning Deaths In Thailand
TASC notes with sadness the tragic drowning deaths of three girls in the Phitsanulok Province, Thailand last week. Unfortunately, this is not an isolated incident in Thailand. Thousands of children die every year in drowning accidents. (more)
September 2007
TASC Co-Founder to Speak at Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand in October
Ambassador Douglas "Pete" Peterson will speak at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand on Wednesday, October 17, 2007 at 8pm on the subject "Child Injury: An Avoidable Tragedy". The club's address is Penthouse, Maneeya Center, 518/5 Ploenchit Road, (connected to the BTS Skytrain Chitlom station), Patumwan, Bangkok. (more)
TASC'S New Office In Vietnam
TASC’s plans for expanding our presence in Vietnam are progressing well, with a new office opening in Da Nang to support a resident technical adviser due to arrive in late September. (more)
August 2007
Child Injury in Thailand Report Released
More Thai children are dying from injury than communicable and non-communicable diseases, a groundbreaking new report has revealed. (more)
Tsunami Report Underway
The Alliance for Safe Children and partners in Indonesian Ministry of Health have completed research on a large cohort of survivors of the 2004 Asian Tsunami Disaster in a bid to discover whether anything could be done to reduce the human toll in similar circumstances or in other large scale water and flooding disasters in the future. (more)
PRECISE Review 2007 - Promising Results In Bangladesh
TASC’s landmark Bangladesh injury prevention program was comprehensively reviewed by an internal working group comprised of TASC, Centre for Injury Prevention & Research, Bangladesh (CIPRB) and UNICEF’s Bangladesh Health office staff in July 2007, with some very promising results. (more)
Cambodian Survey Underway
TASC has joined forces with UNICEF Cambodia and national partners to produce the country’s largest community based injury survey. (more)
TASC Represented at International Life Saving Meeting, Singapore
TASC’s Ross Cox was a guest speaker at the International Life Saving (ILS) Association’s biennial Asia Pacific Regional meeting, which was held in Singapore on 3-4 August, 2007. (more) |
