Author(s)

Fadi Hamadani, Otilia Neves, Ana Olga Mocumbi, Tarek Razek, Kosar Khwaja, Paola Fata, Andrew Beckett, Eunice Jetha, Dan L. Deckelbaum

Centre for Global Surgery, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada.
Instituto Nacional de Saúde (National Institute of Health), Ministério da Saúde (Ministry of Health), Maputo, Mozambique.

This paper presents a case study of implementing a trauma registry in Mozambique, a low-income country with limited current trauma surveillance. An outline of the importance of trauma registries is presented followed by an evidence-based approach to building a sustainable and ethical partnership with local stakeholders.

Global Burden of Injury, Global Health Ethics, Trauma Registry in Low-Income Countries, Trauma System in Low-Resource Settings, Global Health Partnership

Hamadani, F. , Neves, O. , Mocumbi, A. , Razek, T. , Khwaja, K. , Fata, P. , Beckett, A. , Jetha, E. and Deckelbaum, D. (2014) Introducing a Trauma Registry in Mozambique: An Ethics Case Study. International Journal of Clinical Medicine, 5, 949-955. doi: 10.4236/ijcm.2014.516127.