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dc.contributor.authorZavala, Diego E.
dc.contributor.authorBokongo, Simon
dc.contributor.authorJohn, I. A.
dc.contributor.authorSenoga, Ismail Mpanga
dc.contributor.authorMtonga, Robert E.
dc.contributor.authorMohammed, A. Z.
dc.contributor.authorAnjango, Walter Odhiambo
dc.contributor.authorOlupot, Peter Olupot
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-26T21:23:50Z
dc.date.available2022-01-26T21:23:50Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.identifier.citationZavala, D. E., Bokongo, S., John, I. A., Senoga, I. M., Mtonga, R. E., Mohammed, A. Z., ... & Olupot-Olupot, P. (2008). Implementing a hospital based injury surveillance system in Africa: lessons learned. Medicine, conflict and survival, 24(4), 260-272.https://doi.org/10.1080/13623690802373884en_US
dc.identifier.issn1362-3699
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/1575
dc.description.abstractA multinational injury surveillance pilot project was carried out in five African countries in the first half of 2007 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda and Zambia). Hospitals were selected in each country and a uniform methodology was applied in all sites, including an injury surveillance questionnaire designed by a joint programme of the Pan American Health Organization and the United States Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. A total of 4207 injury cases were registered in all hospitals. More than half of all injury cases were due to road traffic accidents (58.3%) and 40% were due to interpersonal violence. Self-inflicted injuries were minimal (1.2% of all cases). This report provides an assessment of the implementation of the project and a preliminary comparison between the five African countries on the context in which inter-personal injury cases occurred. Strengths and weaknesses of the project as well as opportunities and threats identified by medical personnel are summarized and discussed. A call is made to transform this pilot project into a sustainable public health strategy.en_US
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dc.publisherMedicine, conflict and survivalen_US
dc.subjectfirearms; injury surveillance; interpersonal violence; violence and injury preventionen_US
dc.titleImplementing A Hospital Based Injury Surveillance System In Africa: Lessons Learneden_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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