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	“The WHO Collaborating Centre on Community Safety Promotion and Tsuen Wan District jointly implement an ongoing programme of injury control. This initiative will cover the whole community including people of all age groups, all environments and all situations. The parties agree to document and evaluate their efforts and to actively spread their experiences nationally and internationally.”


	The Safe Communities concept began its formal existence at the First World Conference on Accident and Injury Prevention held in Stockholm, Sweden in September 1989. The Manifesto for Safe Communities, the resolution of the conference, states that "All human beings have an equal right to health and safety." This is a fundamental aspect of WHO’s Health for All strategy and for the WHO Global Programme on Accident Prevention and Injury Control.

A community can be defined as a delineated geographical area, groups with common interests, professional associations, or the individuals who provide services in a specific location.

For a community to be designated by WHO as a Safe Community, the following six basic criteria should be met:
	An infrastructure based on partnership and collaborations, governed by a cross-sectional group that is responsible for safety promotion in their community;
	Long-term, sustainable programs covering both genders and all ages, environments, and situations;
	Programs that target high-risk groups and environments, and programs that promote safety for vulnerable groups;
	Programs that document the frequency and causes of injuries;
	Evaluation measures to assess their programs, processes and the effects of change;
	Ongoing participation in national and international Safe Communities networks.

WHO Collaborating Centre on Community Safety Promotion at Karolinska Institutet

Application to become a designated Safe Community is assessed by the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre on Community Safety Promotion at the Karolinska Institutet, Sweden. Since 1989, over 130 communities have been formally designated as the Safe Community, with populations ranging from 2,000 to 2,000,000 in Sweden, Australia, Canada, France, Denmark, Norway, the United Kingdom, the United States, South Africa, New Zealand, The Netherlands, China, Taiwan, Vietnam and other areas.

Source: World Health Organization Collaborating Centre on Community Safety Promotion

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