2016
DOI: 10.2471/blt.15.163121
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The burden of road traffic crashes, injuries and deaths in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Abstract: ObjectiveTo estimate the burden of road traffic injuries and deaths for all road users and among different road user groups in Africa.MethodsWe searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, Global Health, Google Scholar, websites of African road safety agencies and organizations for registry- and population-based studies and reports on road traffic injury and death estimates in Africa, published between 1980 and 2015. Available data for all road users and by road user group were extracted and analysed. We conducted a random-effec… Show more

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“…In all facilities, we also found significant under-documentation of patients in the facility HMIS register that is used to submit the facility trauma data to the Ministry of Health. Many attempts to develop TRs in sub Saharan Africa have largely been unsuccessful or unsustainable beyond the initial research phase for a number of reasons, including lack of uniform clinical documentation of injury variables [23][24][25][26]. The HMIS register is currently the only tool that provides injury data to inform the Ministry of Health about the national burden of injury, and so the quality and consistency of the data gathered is of paramount importance [27].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In all facilities, we also found significant under-documentation of patients in the facility HMIS register that is used to submit the facility trauma data to the Ministry of Health. Many attempts to develop TRs in sub Saharan Africa have largely been unsuccessful or unsustainable beyond the initial research phase for a number of reasons, including lack of uniform clinical documentation of injury variables [23][24][25][26]. The HMIS register is currently the only tool that provides injury data to inform the Ministry of Health about the national burden of injury, and so the quality and consistency of the data gathered is of paramount importance [27].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…beyond the initial research phase for a number of reasons, including lack of uniform clinical documentation of injury variables (24)(25)(26)(27). The HMIS register is currently the only tool that provides injury data to inform the Ministry of Health about the national burden of injury, and so the quality and consistency of the data gathered is of paramount importance (28).…”
Section: Many Attempts To Develop Trs In Sub Saharan Africa Have Largmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…1 A meta-analysis from 15 African countries reported a pooled crash injury rate of 65.2 per 100,000 population and pooled crash death rate of 16.6 deaths per 100,000 population. 2 In Ethiopia, a low-income country in Sub-Saharan Africa, there are an estimated 25.3 road traffic related deaths per 100,000 population, translating to over 23,000 deaths annually 3 . This is much higher than the global average road traffic fatality rate of 17.5 deaths per 100,000 population.…”
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confidence: 99%