Aiming for Prevention: International Initiatives

Violent Injury Research
By affiliate members in Zambia

• Implementing a Hospital Based Injury Surveillance System in Zambia - A Preliminary Report
  Presented at the 9th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Merida, Mexico
  Robert Mtonga, MD
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• From Data to Action: The Road Travelled in Implementing the Landmines Ban Treaty in Zambia.To demonstrate how limited data collected by the Zambian Campaign to Ban Landmines helped engender policy changes that lead to the implementation of the Ottawa (Mine Ban Treaty) process.
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• Special Section on the prevention of injuries caused by violence in Vol.24, No. 4 (2008), Medicine, Conflict and Survival. Implementing a hopital based injury surveillance system in Zambia: a preliminary report. Medicine, Conflict and Survival 2008; 24(4):280-284. Robert Mtonga, MD and Deigo Zavala, PhD
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