Applying the Haddon matrix conceptual model to guide motor vehicle crash injury research and prevention in Botswana.

Introduction: Little literature addresses the burden of injury in Botswana, including trauma from motor-vehicle crashes (MVCs). In response, the University of Botswana and the Botswana Ministry of Health and Wellness are collaborating with the University of Pennsylvania to enhance injury and trauma research capacity in Botswana. Here we describe this training program and a research exercise to identify opportunities to prevent, through future research and countermeasures, MVCs specifically in Botswana.

Developing a trauma registry in a middle-income country - Botswana.

Background: Botswana has a large burden of disease from injury, but no trauma registry. This study sought to design and pilot test a trauma registry at two hospitals.

Methods: A cross sectional study was piloted at a tertiary hospital and a secondary level hospital in Botswana.