Burns in Conflict Appeal: Lebanon
Over 2,700 people have been killed, and 12,600 injured in Lebanon since hostilities began in early October 2023. Well over half of these occurred in the last month; numbers will continue to rise amid ongoing attacks.
Burn injuries are a significant issue faced by survivors. Inadequately and inappropriately treated burn injuries result in increased morbidity and significant complications including lifelong disability. Current capacity to manage the immediate and long-term consequences is extremely limited.
Interburns is working with the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health to set up a national burns service capable of responding to the current emergency and in future. An international multi-disciplinary team is on the ground awaiting the first patients into the Interburns Burns and Trauma Urgent Wound Clinic.
Please support this emergency response and DONATE today.
Burns affect over 11 million people each year.
95% of burn injuries occur in low-income countries.
Over 70% of these are children.”
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.
You can access free online resources below:
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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