Abstract
The U.S. burn care community has a long history of providing humanitarian aid overseas. Within the last decade there has been a shift from providing direct patient care to providing indigenous health care workers with education and training. We present the next step in this transition, namely the provision of assistance to developing burn prevention programs. We reviewed our experience with international burn prevention programs in which we have participated over the last 10 years. These programs has been successful using a variety of approaches. In one case, we facilitated statistical analysis of an existing database in the Republic of China, resulting in the first publication of a national hospital-based survey of burns in Taiwan. In Africa, the efforts have included participation as expert consultants to work group conferences hosted by community groups in South Africa and by the sole burn center in Ethiopia. We have worked within the following...
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