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Current applications include: The Unit is further developing AI-enabled tools,
including real-time dashboards and decision-
› Injury surveillance systems: Routine data support systems to enhance data visualisation and
collection platforms that support monitoring of support timely decision-making. Capacity-building
injury morbidity and mortality, enabling timely initiatives are also underway to equip researchers
detection of trends, risk factors, and patterns. and forensic pathology personnel with data
› Advanced analytics: Application of epidemiological science and AI competencies, ensuring sustainable
and statistical methods for burden estimation, risk integration into routine systems.
assessment, and policy-relevant insights.
Through these innovations, VISARU contributes to
› Data linkage: Integration of multiple data sources, improved injury surveillance, more timely reporting
including forensic pathology, police records, and to national stakeholders such as the SAMRC and
community datasets, to improve completeness Department of Health, and the development of
and accuracy. targeted, data-driven prevention interventions.

A writing retreat in Limpopo with Prof Bangdiwala Training for data collectors on the
delivering a lecture on academic writing. Injury Mortality Surveillance System.

PsySSA Congress 2025 (Traffic Safety and Safe Mobility).

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