Affiliate Safe Community Support Centre
Injury Control Center - Uganda

Country: Uganda
Population: 30 Million
Programme started year: 1996
Affiliate Safe Community Support Centre:
Designation year: 2009
Info address: www.iccu.or.ug

Full application report: www.phs.ki.se/csp/pdf/affiliatecentre/iccu_application.pdf

For further information contact:

Mable Tatiana Nakitto
Injury Control Center- Uganda
Old Mulago Hospital, PO Box 7072
Kampala 256, Uganda
Phone: +256-414-543438

E-mail: iccu@infocom.co.ug

Info address: www.iccu.or.ug

1)  The provision of Centre programs and services utilize multidisciplinary and cross sectoral approaches.

•  Programs and services are provided to all without discrimination in gender, age, tribe, religion, at all levels of operation that is internationally, regionally, nationally, village and community levels etc. Services are given to both medical/health and non-medical personnel; business, corporate, public, government, private etc.

2)  The Centre provides a framework for promoting collective action which includes involvement with community networks.

•  Community work is normally done in consultation with the local leadership, which thereafter guides the actions with its community networks say local and village councils, women groups, and other non-governmental organizations that may be working in a locality. Community networks involves several groups that form working groups that then direct the execution of safety actions.

3)  The Centre provides consultative support to communities in the establishment of Safe Community initiatives.

•  Consultative guidance and support is normally given when requested for and also may be given during feedback meetings to the community and its leadership.

4 ) The Centre facilitates and supports community-based strategic planning processes.

•  Our strategic plans long and short term have safe communities principles embedded and adhered.

5)  The Centre demonstrates leadership and stewardship in addressing priority injury issues, high risk, and vulnerable groups.


•  The surveillance system has enabled community interventions to be implemented for vulnerable areas (war-torn, high traffic density); vulnerable groups (children, pedestrians, motorcyclists).

6)  The Centre provides expert services and knowledge in the area of injury data and injury surveillance issues.

•  A hospital based injury surveillance system running for 10 years has collected data in 5 regional sites.

•  Data requests from national, to local levels have been logged and provided; from researchers, data experts, to students to policy makers etc.

7)  The Centre demonstrates a long term commitment to supporting Safe Communities and the Safe Community Network within their organizations strategic plan.

•  Our strategic plans long and short term have safe communities principles embedded and adhered.

8)  The Centre supports those responsible at the community level to utilize appropriate indicators to evaluate community processes, effects of change and injury rates.

•  The community/field officers work hand in hand with community leadership to enhance safety in the communities. Audits are normally done and evaluation reports written and submitted to local authorities.

9)  The Centre disseminates their experiences both at national and international levels.

•  International Support:

1. Through participation in international conferences.

2. Through international collaborations and partnerships.

3. Through international research consortia.

•  National Support:

1.Participation in national events to mark days such as World Health Day, Road Safety Day, Day of African Child, World Safety Day, Remembrance day for Road traffic Victims.

10)  The Centre reports on their Safe Community activities and research efforts.

•  Publications: In Peer Reviewed Journals (regional/ international).

•  International student mentoring and orientation on safety promotion and injury prevention.

•  Information material:

1. ICCU Newsletter, “ICCU News”

2. Website: www.iccu.or.ug