Injury prevention conference planned

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Winnipeg will be the site of a national conference being planned to address both intentional and unintentional injuries among Aboriginal people.

The National Aboriginal Injury Prevention Conference 2004: Towards Community Action on Aboriginal Injuries, is scheduled for June 9 to 12, 2004. The conference is being organized by the National Indian and Inuit Community Health Representatives Organization (NICHRO) and Health Canada in collaboration with SMARTRISK.

According to statistics from Health Canada, Aboriginal people in Canada have one of the highest rates of injury in the world, and an injury mortality rate three times that of the general Canadian population.

For more information, visit the conference Web site at www.aipc2004.ca, or call organizers at (450) 632-0892, ext. 22.