Burns: ‘the forgotten global public health crisis’ (WHO).
In low income countries and conflict settings, burn patients often receive delayed, inadequate or inappropriate treatment leading to unnecessary suffering, disfigurement, disability or death.
Interburns has developed a comprehensive, integrated approach to improving the quality of burn care that has been has been implemented in Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
From community first aid and prevention programmes, to training at intermediate and advanced levels, Interburns works to ensure that all burn patients have access to good care, despite limited resources.
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Burns affect over 11 million people each year.
95% of burn injuries occur in low-income countries.
Over 70% of these are children.”
Training
Our programmes are built ‘from the ground up’ for low resource settings and lead to measurable improvements in burn services. Read about our training in burns.
Network
Our global network of dedicated burn specialists helps us deliver programmes that increase the pool of well-trained professionals ‘one healthcare worker at a time’.
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