Trauma Incidence and Care in Tanzania : Report of Trauma Cases in a Sample of Health Facilities with a Focus on Road Traffic Crashes (2019-2020)
Injuries due to road traffic crashes (RTCs) are one of the major causes of mortality in developing countries, with higher numbers of fatalities in the Sub-Saharan African (SSA) region and specifically in Tanzania, where fatalities due to RTCs are a...
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| Format: | Report |
| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC
2022
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099955208112235327/P16640206b892607c09617069b32d400a89 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37884 |
| Summary: | Injuries due to road traffic crashes
(RTCs) are one of the major causes of mortality in
developing countries, with higher numbers of fatalities in
the Sub-Saharan African (SSA) region and specifically in
Tanzania, where fatalities due to RTCs are almost 1.7 times
the global rate. This critical problem was at the heart of
the Government of Tanzania’s decision to adopt the road
safety policy, 2009 with the key aim of reducing mortality
and morbidity for crash victims. The outcomes for the crash
victims can be improved by strengthening emergency medical
services (EMS) and better, reliable trauma data. Yet, survey
findings from the report the state of EMS in SSA reveal that
very few countries in the SSA region have developed
systematic and sustainable EMS systems at scale. The goal of
this report is to present some of the insights that can be
gained from the one year of detailed trauma data collection
across 13 health facilities in Tanzania in order to
encourage further use of these data to help inform
policymakers on the current situation and help feed into
more data-informed decisions. |
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