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Safety 2026 Opens with Call for Collective Action to Build Safer Societies

Medical Research Council of South AfricaRef: https://www.samrc.ac.za/index%2ephp/news/safety-2026-opens-call-collective-action-build-safer-societies

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Collected on 29 September 2026

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What this means

This is a news article reporting on the opening of Safety 2026, the 16th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion. It says the conference is hosted by the Foundation for Professional Development and the South African Medical Research Council, co-sponsored by the World Health Organization, and attended by a broad safety-sector audience.

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The 16th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion, Safety 2026

Safety 2026 is a conference on preventing violence, injuries and other avoidable harms. It brings together policymakers, researchers, practitioners, civil-society organisations, communities and people with lived experience under the theme “Ubuntu: United for a Safer Future.”

Who it is for
Policymakers, researchers, practitioners, civil-society organisations, communities and people with lived experience
How to act on it
Attend at the Cape Town International Convention Centre; the document provides www.worldsafety.co.za as the conference website.
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the conference www.worldsafety.co.za brings together policymakers, researchers, practitioners, civil-society organisations, communities and people with lived experience under the theme: Ubuntu: United for a Safer Future.

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Places

City of Cape Town, Western Cape

Reference

https://www.samrc.ac.za/index%2ephp/news/safety-2026-opens-call-collective-action-build-safer-societies

Key Takeaways

  • Safety 2026 opened on September 03, 2026
  • 16th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion
  • Hosted by the Foundation for Professional Development (FPD) and the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC)
  • Co-sponsored by the World Health Organization (WHO)
  • Held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre
  • Theme: Ubuntu: United for a Safer Future
  • Conference website: www.worldsafety.co.za
  • Medical Research Council of South Africa
  • Safety 2026
  • Foundation for Professional Development (FPD)
  • South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC)
  • World Health Organization (WHO)
  • Cape Town International Convention Centre