Archives - Spring 1999 San Jose works to bridge prevention gaps. The Santa Clara County CA Safe Communities coalition begin an extensive assessment of area motor vehicle injury prevention programs last summer to identify Best Practice gaps to help committees better plan future programs and interventions.
Anchorage receives WHO designation.
In November, Leif Svanstrom, MD, of the Karolinka Institutet in Sweden visited Anchorage Safe Communities and attended a formal luncheon with Mayor Ric Mystrom to announce the city's formal designation as a World Health Organization Safe Communities. Anchorage becomes only the second U.S. city to receive this distinction. Injuries aren't accidents in Calgary. The Calgary Canada Safe Communities has come up with a New t-shirt message to help change the way people think about injuries. The AR State Police lent a hand with the coalition effort over Thanksgiving, writing nearly 200 traffic tickets and warnings.