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Abstracts & Reports from Africa - Spring 2006

Reports - 8th World Injury Pre-Conference
Theme: "Driving Change: Firearms Policy for Safer Societies"
March 31-April 1, 2006
To view any of the papers below, please click on the file size after each item.

• Wounds Caused by Firearms in El Salvador, 2003-2004: Epidemiological Issues
  by Ignacio Paniagua MD, Emperatriz Crespin MD, Ademar Guardado MD, Ana Mauricio MD

(~142KB PDF)


• Health Implications of small arms and light weapons in eastern Uganda
  Andrew D. Pinto, Bsc, Peter Olupot-Olupot, MBChB (MUK, Victor R. Neufeld, MD
  (~279KB PDF)



• Multiple Firearm Injury: Case Report and Review of Firearm Injury in Africa
  W.A. Odhiambo MD, S.W.Gutha MD and P.W. Thanga MD
  (~160KB PDF)

Abstracts - 8th World Injury Conference (main)
Theme: "Data to Action"
Durban, South Africa
April 2-5, 2006

To view all the following IPPNW affiliate abstracts in one document (~94KB) please click here.

• Audit of Suicides, Homicides and Self-Directed Violence at Lusaka University Teaching Hospital from 1999 to 2002
  Robert Mtonga, MD
  
  
• A Cross-Sectional Study of Domestic Violence Among 385 Pregnant Women in Lusaka
  Robert Mtonga, MD



• Multiple Firearm Injury: Case Presentation and Review of Literature on the Burden of Firearm Injuries in Africa
  Walter Odhiambo, MD



• Factors Motivating Violent Behaviours Among Youths in Delta Region of Southern Nigeria
  Ime John, MD



• Patterns of Injuries Seen During Ethnoreligious Violence in Kano, Nigeria: Indices for Preventive Actions
  Ime John MD



• Injuries Mortality in Africa 2000-2003, An Analysis of Specific Etiology from World Health Reports
  Ime John, MD



• Public Health War-Related Injury Surveillance: Towards Action
  Simon Bokongo Kawaya, MD



• From Limited Firearms Injury Data to Policy Action: An Example from El Salvador
  Emperatriz Crespin, MD



• Wounds Caused by Firearms in El Salvador, 2003-2004:Epidemiological Issues
  Emperatriz Crespin, MD



• Data and Documentation of Indian Civilian Landmines/Uxos Victims: Lesson Learned
  Balkrishna Kurvey, MD



• Impact of Low Intensity Conflict Trauma with Small Arms in Relevance to Health and Society in Kashmir - India
  Surinder Singh Soodan, MD



• Effective Data for Policy Change and Interventions: Mbale Hospital Small Firearms Injury Study
  Peter Olupot-Olupot, MD



• Organising a Pilot Multinational Injury Surveillance Study
  Diego Zavala, MD

For more information on IPPNW's Aiming for Prevention campaign, contact coordinator Maria Valenti in the IPPNW Central Office in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

posted April 28, 2006

IPPNW's "Aiming for Prevention" program is currently supported by grants from the Human Security Program at Foreign Affairs Canada.