Addressing Challenges in Injury Epidemiology and Prevention in South Africa
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Explore the limitations due to dominance of injury epidemiologists, volunteer-driven constraints, and fragile alliances between civil society and local authorities hindering intervention work in South Africa. Engage service-centered groups and bridge the language gap for integrating injury prevention with the development agenda.
Addressing Challenges in Injury Epidemiology and Prevention in South Africa
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ISSUES, CHALLENGES AND QUESTIONS • South Africa-centred • Dominance of injury epidemiologists limits intervention work • Volunteer driven constraints • Civil society – local authorities alliances tenuous WHO Collaborating Centre for Violence and Injury Prevention Research and Training
ISSUES, CHALLENGES AND QUESTIONS (continued) • Mobilize service-centred groups • Language of injury prevention to find links with development agenda WHO Collaborating Centre for Violence and Injury Prevention Research and Training
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