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1Emergency & Essential Surgical Care Programme, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
Annals of Burns and Fire Disasters
|July 10, 2018
Summary
Burns cause preventable deaths globally, especially in low-income countries. Improving access to surgical care and implementing burn prevention strategies are crucial to reduce this public health burden.
Area of Science:
- Public Health
- Global Surgery
- Burn Injury Prevention
Background:
- Burns represent a major global public health issue, causing significant preventable mortality and disability annually.
- The impact of burns disproportionately affects impoverished populations in low and middle-income countries (LMICs).
- Access to timely and effective acute burns management, including surgical intervention, is severely limited worldwide.
Purpose of the Study:
- To highlight the critical need for improved access to surgical care for burn victims in LMICs.
- To underscore the lack of understanding regarding effective burn prevention strategies in LMICs.
- To advocate for a dual approach combining prevention and improved surgical access to mitigate the global burden of burns.
Main Methods:
- This study synthesizes existing data on the global burden of burns.
- It reviews limitations in healthcare access for burns management in LMICs.
- It examines the effectiveness of burn prevention strategies in diverse settings.
Main Results:
- Approximately 5 billion people lack access to essential surgical care for burns when most needed.
- Key barriers to burn care in LMICs include shortages of trained personnel and inadequate resources.
- While prevention is effective in developed nations, evidence for LMICs is limited.
Conclusions:
- Urgent, combined efforts are needed to implement effective burn prevention and enhance access to safe, affordable surgical care.
- Addressing the disparities in burn care is essential to reduce global morbidity and mortality.
- Further research into context-specific burn prevention in LMICs is warranted.
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