The establishment of injury surveillance systems in Colombia, El Salvador, and Nicaragua (2000-2006).

1 International Emergency and Refugee Health Branch, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America. Send correspondence and reprint requests to: Benjamin A. Sklaver, International Emergency and Refugee Health Branch, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, Mailstop F60, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA; telephone: 770-488-0683; fax: 770-488-3910; e-mail: [email protected] 2 Former consultant. Pan American Health Organization, Washington, D.C., United States of America. 3 CISALVA Institute, Del Valle University, Cali, Colombia. 4 Ministry of Health, Managua, Nicaragua. 5 Ministry of Health, San Salvador, El Salvador. 6 Pan American Health Organization, Washington, D.C., United States of America. THE NEED FOR INJURY SURVEILLANCE