Department of Public Health Sciences Division of Social Medicine Safe Community Monthly News Issue 42 January 2011 In this issue DearColleagues,= WishyouaSaferNewYear,2011. NewCertifyingCentre 1 WeareproudtointroduceyouSafeCommunitiesin=Taiwan.= NewSafeCommunitydesignation = 2 WehavereportsfromCanada,Chile,Finland,Sweden&Taiwan. NewsfromFinland,Chile,Sweden= 1,2 Newsandreportsofthisissueareappendedbelow.Sameissueisalsoavail SCre8designation= 3 ableatourWHOCollaboratingCentreon=CommunitySafety=Promotionweb HealthEconomicsCourse 3 site:http://www.phs.ki.se/csp/who_newsletters_en.htm= Withwarmregards Call:SafeHospitalNetwork= 4 LeifSvanström,ResponsibleEditor= ForthcomingConferences= 4 KoustuvDalal,Editor= Europe opens a new and strong Certifying Centre! Inthebeginningofthisyearthetwoprevi ousCertifyingCentresinNorwayandSwe denisreplacedbyajointandnewCentre. LeifSvanströmischairing,MoaSundström isthecoordinatorandtheseniorcert ifiersareProfessorBörgeYtterstad,Har stad,Norway;DrBoHenricsson,Arjeplog, SwedenandMrGuldbrandSkjönberg,= Linköping,Sweden.Morecertifiersare abouttoberecruited.Correspondencewith MsMoaSundstrom,
[email protected]. Reporter:LeifSvanstrom,Sweden. Photo:Sitting(LtoR)GuldbrandSkjönberg,Leif Svanström,MoaSundström,&KoustuvDalal. Standing:BörgeYtterstad,&BoHenricsson. Visit by a group of Directors from Beijing at Safe Community Head Quarter AgroupofhighprofiledirectorsleadbyMrYaoMeng visitedWHOCCCommunitySafetyPromotion,Karo linskaInstitutet,Swedenintwodaystrip.Theyhad exchangedknowledgeandattendeda2daysseminar onSafeCommunity.Leadingexpertsfromthefieldde