Epidemiology of child injuries in Uganda: challenges for health policy

• Main Authors: Renee Yuen-Jan Hsia (Author), Doruk Ozgediz (Author), Sudha Jayaraman (Author), Patrick Kyamanywa (Author), Milton Mutto (Author), Olive C. Kobusingye (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: AOSIS, 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Globally, 90% of road crash deaths occur in the developing world. Children in Africa bear the major part of this burden, with the highest unintentional injury rates in the world. Our study aims to better understand injury patterns among children living in Kampala, Uganda and provide evidence that in...