Details of successful community burn prevention projects in Ethiopia, Nepal and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, applicable to other low resource settings to tackle the huge burden of global burn injuries. Medical Aid for Palestinians Amref Health Africa UK American Burn Association interburns.org/news/burnpreve…

See our update including community burn prevention initiatives, applications for the WHO MENTOR_VIP programme and other news. World Health Organization (WHO) Medical Aid for Palestinians Amref Health Africa UK mailchi.mp/9b402e4c1a35/n…

Our Writing Workshop starts this Saturday! We have 12 brilliant burn surgeons joining us to work on skills to help disseminate their research, to increase the visibility of research from LMICs. We have expert speakers, and great activities planned. #researchequity National Institute for Health and Care Research

Day one of our Writing Workshop was a success! We had some fantastic speakers including Nikki Allorto Richard Nnabuko Dr Jim Gallagher, Dr Shobha Chamania, and Dr Asad Latif. All of the participants were a pleasure to have! #LMIC #research National Institute for Health and Care Research

The French version of our First Aid Handbook for Burns is now free to download. Practical, simple and essential information for healthcare workers and volunteers - in 9 languages! MSF France Amref Health Africa UK #communityhealth #Burn #globalhealth interburns.org/news/firstaidh…

New publication from The Centre! Last year we ran a #QI course in #Malawi for nurses, to empower them to champion change in their setting, headed by Maria Holden née Beard. #globalhealth #LMIC #capacitydevelopment sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Nurses take the lead in improving burns services in Ethiopia and Malawi supported by blended learning. Amref Health Africa #blendedlearning #globalhealth Centre for Global Burns sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

"The pilot program outlined in this paper was designed to support nurses working in burn services in Malawi and Ethiopia and provide them with the skills to undertake useful quality improvement projects relevant to their clinical areas." sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

First Aid Handbook for Burns now available in Portuguese! Thanks Jose Adorno and the Brazilian Burn Society for great partnership. Download now for free in 10 languages #globalhealth #burn @zeadorno SBQueimaduras Centre for Global Burns American Burn Association interburns.org/news/firstaidh…

Our brilliant partners at #SAGUN have been carrying out #FGDs in hospitals across #Nepal discussing the benefits of joining a Global Burn #Registry, developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) . Burns are a forgotten global health crisis - more #data is needed to help push them up on the agenda!!

It is great to see nurses at Bugando Medical Centre, Mwanza, Tanzania discussing Essential Burn Care (EBC). Visit interburns.org for free resources and online training to help improve burn care in low resource settings. MSF International Centre for Global Burns #globalhealth #firstaid #prevention

"I only wish that our children and youth will be able to grow up in peace and pursue their dreams." We spoke to our partner Al Saraya Centre about how violence and discrimination in #EastJerusalem is impacting their vital youth psychosocial services: map.org.uk/news/archive/p…

"The main objective of this study was to [..] create an evidence base for improving basic burn care services focusing on prevention." New publication from the Centre, in partnership with AMREF. Amref Health Africa joghr.org/article/24353-…

Delighted to see the burn team at Mongolia's National Trauma and Orthopaedic Research Centre using Interburns Delivery Assessment Tool (DAT) - a key step towards improving quality in burn care World Health Organization (WHO) National Institute for Health and Care Research

NEW PUBLICATION "The majority of pediatric burns in Mongolia occur within the home" "..provided a context appropriate kitchen rack to 50 households with children aged 0–3 years living in gers and investigated parental views" sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Delighted to launch the digital DAT for burn units in low resource settings to self assess their service against standards. Understanding gaps and priorities is the first step to quality improvement. World Health Organization (WHO) Interplast Australia & New Zealand #globalhealth Centre for Global Burns interburns.org/news/digital-a…

Make sure to follow Interburns for more updates about expert health professionals working to transform global burn care in low and middle income countries. #globalhealth #LMICs #burncare #burnsurgeon #medicine

The majority of burns occur in LMICs but there is a lack of published research FROM LMICs. This free course at learn.interburns.org/lms/ aims to help redress that. #research #globalhealth Centre for Global Burns ISBI interburns.org/news/researchw…

In April we delivered a Writing Workshop which was attended by #surgeons from Nepal, Zambia, Rwanda, Nigeria and Ethiopia. The course was for those who want to #publish their work, coming from #LMICs. These resources are now freely available online! interburns.org/news/researchw…

Great resources!!!!