Swansea Injury ForumWhen: September 17-20, 2010Where: Swansea University, Swansea, United Kingdom  Attended by: see complete report for list of attendees Summary: The Swansea Injury Forum was a joint meeting of the International Collaborative Effort (ICE) on Injury Statistics, Global Burden of Disease Injury Expert Group (GBD-IEG), and the ICD11 Injury and External Causes Topic Advisory Group. The meetings included:
FundingThe meeting was made possible by core support from the World Health Organization and help from a number of Welsh organisations, including: the St David’s Medical Foundation, the School of Medicine, Swansea University, Public Health Wales NHS Trust, Children in Wales and the Thematic Research network for emergency UnScheduled and Trauma Care (TRUST). Support from the Violence and Injury Prevention program of the World Health Organization and the World Bank Global Road Safety Facility enabled the participation of twenty researchers and officials from low and middle income countries (LMICs), while CDC's National Center for Health Statistics sponsors the scientific coordination of the International Collaborative Effort on Injury Statistics. |