Table 1. Details of articles that were finally included for review .

Author and year	Title	Setting	Division	Design /instrument	Database/ journal	Finding
Otieno et al (2011)	Pre-hospital and First Health Facility Management of Patients with Severe Musculoskeletal Injuries in Uganda	Mulago Hospital Accident and Emergency Unit (MHAEU)	Trauma care	Cross-sectional descriptive analysis (structure questionnaire)	Google Scholar	Minimal care is administered in the field to musculoskeletal injury patients due to inadequate resources and equipment and along with unskilled responders.
Kigera et al (2011)	Injury to presentation delays among musculoskeletal trauma patients in Uganda	Mulago Hospital MHAEU	Trauma care	Prospective study (interview and case notes)	Google Scholar	The median delay in presentation was 3.5 hours associated with factors of patients being managed as an outpatient, having an upper limb injury, being less than 18 years of age and involved in RTCs.
Kitara D. L (2011)	Boda Boda Injuries in Gulu Regional Hospital, Northern Uganda	Gulu regional hospital, Northern Uganda	Trauma etiology	Retrospective study (medical records)	Google Scholar	Boda Boda injuries constituted (21.9%) of all admissions due to trauma and majority (57.5%) of the victims were males
Muto et al (2011)	Unintentional childhood injury patterns, odds, and outcomes in Kampala City: an analysis of surveillance data from the National Pediatric Emergency Unit	National Pediatric Emergency unit in Kampala city	Trauma etiology	A cross sectional analysis (data registry)	OVID	Unintentional injuries are the common causes of hospital visits by children <13 years (especially boys). Homes, roads and educational facilities are commonest unintentional injury sites.
Hsia et al (2011)	Epidemiology of child injuries in Uganda: Challenges for health policy	Mulago hospital	Trauma etiology	Records of trauma registry	Google Scholar	The most common causes of injuries were traffic crashes (34%), falls (18%) and violence (15%).
Jayaraman et al (2011)	Disparities in Injury Mortality Between Uganda and the U.S: Comparative Analysis of a Neglected Disease	Uganda (Kampala), the U.S and San Francisco	Mortality	Database of deaths	OVID	Urban injury-related mortality is significantly higher in Uganda than in the United States.
Maryse et al (2012)	Corruption in the health care sector: A barrier to access of orthopaedic care and medical devices in Uganda	Uganda as a whole	Trauma care	Qualitative case study (open -ended interviews)	Web science	Poor leadership in government and corruption were the major barriers to access orthopaedic care and orthopaedic medical devices.
Trond et al (2012)	Cultural and socio-demographic predictors of car accident involvement in Norway, Ghana, Tanzania and Uganda	Norway, Ghana, Uganda and Tanzania	Trauma etiology	Questionnaires	Science Direct	Male gender was the only significant predictor of accident involvement in Norway. Introverted and extroverted culture, and destiny orientation as well as male gender written culture were associated with accident involvement in the African countries.
Derek et al (2012)	Road Communication Technologies and Safety Regulation Enforcement on Roads in Uganda	Uganda- countrywide	Trauma Registry	Questionnaires	Google Scholar	RCTs can play a significant role in enforcement of road safety.
Mujuni et al (2012)	Acute traumatic coagulopathy among major trauma patients in urban tertiary hospital in sub Saharan Africa	Mulago Hospital MHAEU	Treatment	Prospective cohort (Laboratory based)	Web science	The commonest cause of injury was RTC, followed by assaults, burn and falls. ATC was strongly associated with acute renal injury.
Douglas et al (2013)	Using baseline and formative evaluation data to inform the Uganda Helmet Vaccine Initiative	Kampala	Interventions	Qualitative methods (Focus group discussions, interviews and observation)	Pub Med	During motorcycle crash, many boda boda riders in Kampala continue to ride without elements and barriers were noted as uncomfortable, ‘Helmet is too hot’, ‘Helmet is too expensive’, and ‘Helmet is of low quality’.
Trond et al (2013)	Culture related to road traffic safety: A comparison of eight countries using two conceptualizations of culture	Norway, Russia, Ghana, India, Uganda, Tanzania, Turkey and Iran	Trauma etiology	Self-mailed questionnaire	Science Direct	Norwegians reported overall safer attitudes towards traffic safety and driver behavior than remaining country clusters. Individuals in Africa reported the highest risk perception. The countries also differed substantially in road traffic culture as symbol use.
O’Hara et al (2014)	The Orthopaedic Trauma Patient Experience: A Qualitative Case Study of Orthopaedic Trauma Patients in Uganda	Mulago National Referral Hospital in Kampala	Cost	Descriptive qualitative case study (structure interviews)	Pub Med	Limited resources to fund the treatment of orthopaedic trauma patients in Uganda leads to reliance of patients on their friends, family, and hospital connections, and a tremendous economic burden that falls on the patient and their dependents.
Munabi et al (2014)	Musculoskeletal disorder risk factors among nursing professionals in low resource settings: a cross-sectional study in Uganda	Five hospitals through Uganda	Trauma etiology	Cross- sectional study (questionnaire)	Pub Med	Significant risk factors for MSD include: being absent from the work station for more than 6 months due to illness or an accident, working in awkward postures, pushing /pulling of heavy loads and mental exhaustion.
Musiitwa et al (2014)	Emergency Ultrasound Predicting the Need for Therapeutic Laparotomy among Blunt Abdominal Trauma Patients in a Sub-Saharan African Hospital	Mulago Hospital MHAEU	Trauma etiology	A prospective observational study (pretested questionnaire)	Pub Med	The commonest injuries were to the head 80 (42%) and the abdomen 54 (28%). A SSORTT score of >2 appropriately identified patients needed a therapeutic Laparotomy.
Twinomuhangi et al (2014)	Application of geographic information systems methodology to injury surveillance in Uganda	Two referral hospitals (Mulago and Mubende) in Central Uganda	Trauma Registry and communication	Trauma registry form	Google Scholar	GIS-based surveillance and mapping capacity may become an important approach to treating the prevalence of different types of injury in Uganda over the longer term.
Okello et al (2014)	Serum lactate as a predictor of early outcomes among trauma patients in Uganda	Emergency Department of Mulago Hospital	Treatment	Cross-sectional analytical study (medical observation and theater operation)	Pub Med	Serum lactate ≥2.0 mmol/l had a hazard ratio of 1.10 (p <0.001) for ED disposition, 4.33 (p = 0.06) for the 72-h non-discharge disposition, and 1.19 (p <0.0 01) for 72-h mortality.
Daniel et al (2014)	Upper extremity injury management by non-physician emergency practitioners in rural Uganda: A pilot study	Karoli Lwanga Hospital Emergency Centre Rukungiri District	Treatment	Retrospective querying of EC quality assurance database	Science Direct	Non-physician clinicians appear to be performing upper extremity repairs with good outcome and key variable for success was initial injury type.
Michael et al (2015)	Distribution and characteristics of severe traumatic brain injury at Mulago National Referral Hospital in Uganda	Mulago National Referral Hospital	Trauma etiology	Retrospective chart and medical record review	Science Direct	Motorcycle road traffic accident was the leading mechanism of injury and male ages 15 - 29 were predominant demographics.