Browsing Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) by Subject "injury"

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    • Implementing a hospital based injury surveillance system in Africa: lessons learned 

      Zavalaa, Diego E; Bokongo, Simon; John, I. A.; Senoga, Ismail Mpanga; Mtonga, Robert E.; Mohammed, A. Z.; Odhiambo, Walter Anjango; Olupot-Olupot, Peter (School of medicine, University of Nairobi, 2008)
      A 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 ...

    • A multinational injury surveillance system pilot project in Africa 

      Zavala, Diego E.; Bokongo, Simon; Ime, A. John; Mpanga, Senoga Ismail; Mtonga, Robert E.; Aminu, Zakari Mohammed; Odhiambo, Walter; Olupot-Olupot, Peter (2007-12)
      This paper describes the development of a pilot project to test the implementation of an epidemiological surveillance system for intentional (violent) and non-intentional injuries, at emergency departments in selected ...