Mulwafu, W, Chokotho, L, Mkandawire, N et al. (4 more authors) (2017) Trauma care in Malawi: A call to action. Malawi Medical Journal, 29 (2). pp. 198-202. ISSN 1995-7262
Abstract
Injuries are a global public health concern because most are preventable yet they continue to be a major cause of death and disability, especially among children, adolescents, and young adults. This enormous loss of human potential has numerous negative social and economic consequences. Malawi has no formal system of prehospital trauma care, and there is limited access to hospital-based trauma care, orthopaedic surgery, and rehabilitation. While some hospitals and research teams have established local trauma registries and quantified the burden of injuries in parts of Malawi, there is no national injury surveillance database compiling the data needed in order to develop and implement evidence-based prevention initiatives and guidelines to improve the quality of clinical care. Studies in other low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) have demonstrated cost-effective methods for enhancing prehospital, in-hospital, and postdischarge care of trauma patients. We encourage health sectors leaders from across Malawi to take action to improve trauma care and reduce the burden from injury in this country.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017 The College of Medicine and the Medical Association of Malawi. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Medicine (Leeds) > Institute of Rheumatology & Musculoskeletal Medicine (LIRMM) (Leeds) > Orthopaedics (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 25 Sep 2018 13:33 |
Last Modified: | 25 Sep 2018 13:33 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | The College of Medicine and the Medical Association of Malawi |
Identification Number: | 10.4314/mmj.v29i2.23 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:136206 |