@article{ref1,
title="Road traffic injury in Sub-Saharan African countries: a systematic review and summary of observational studies",
journal="Traffic injury prevention",
year="2017",
author="Vissoci, João Ricardo N. and Shogilev, Daniel J. and Krebs, Elizabeth and Andrade, Luciano de and Vieira, Igor Fiorese and Toomey, Nicole and Portero Batilana, Adelia and Haglund, Michael and Staton, Catherine A.",
volume="18",
number="7",
pages="767-773",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to evaluate, through a systematic review of hospital based studies, the proportion of road traffic injuries and fatalities in SSA. <br><br>METHODS: In accordance with PRISMA and MOOSE guidelines we searched the following electronic databases: PubMed, Embase, Africa-Wide Information, Global Health, and Web of Science. Articles were eligible if they measured proportion of RTIs in SSA by using hospital based studies. In addition, a reference and citation analysis was conducted as well as a data quality assessment. <br><br>RESULTS: Until to 2015 there were a total of 83 hospital based epidemiologic studies including 310,660 trauma patients and 99,751 RTI cases, in 13 SSA countries. The median proportion of RTI among trauma patients was 32% (4% to 91%), of those the median proportion of death for the included articles was 5% (0.3% to 41%). <br><br>CONCLUSION: The number of studies evaluating RTI proportion and fatalities in SSA countries is increasing but without the exponential rise expected from WHO calls for research during the &quot;Decade of Action for Road Traffic Injuries.&quot; Further research infrastructure including standardization of taxonomy, definitions, and data reporting measures, as well as funding, would allow for improved cross-country comparisons.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1538-9588",
doi="10.1080/15389588.2017.1314470",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15389588.2017.1314470"
}