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| Year : 2014 | Volume
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Pediatric burn care in sub-Saharan Africa
Rene Albertyn, Alp Numanoglu, Heinz Rode
Department of Paediatric Surgery, Red Cross Children's War Memorial Hospital and University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Rene Albertyn
Department of Paediatric Surgery, Red Cross Children's War Memorial Hospital and University of Cape Town, Cape Town
South Africa
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DOI: 10.4103/1597-1112.154921
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Burn injuries in Africa are considered to be a major health care problem. Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest number of pediatric burn admissions in the world. Burn care is complicated by numerous factors such as financial constraints, lack of resources, health care personnel and modern well equipped easily accessible health care facilities. Despite these numerous obstacles, burn care professionals on the continent of Africa have delivered a sterling service. A review of 70 articles published by authors on the African continent revealed information on topics ranging from the management of the HIV + patient, burn prevention strategies and new trends in African burn care. |
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