News & Events

Following a series of high casualty events, the EU has developed a Mass Burns Response Plan which Professor Tom Potokar and Professor Patrica Price helped to develop and deliver this January (2020)

CGBIPR's second implementation and improvement science workshop for burn care units in low resource and conflict areas is taking place this June in Jordan, Amman.

Our local partners in Nepal featured on Nepali television sharing information on burn prevention! Kamal Phuyal, from Sagun, did a fantastic job highlighting the need for improved burn care in the country.

On Thursday 13th and Friday 14th July the CGBIPR, supported by our close partners at Interburns, hosted a meeting for stakeholders committed to improving burn care and prevention in low and middle income countries. Changing the current global burn crisis is ambitious. A systems wide approach is needed which is why we are bringing together academics, NGO’s, professional associations, funders, policy, advocacy, patient and media representatives to create a roadmap together.

The data collection for our PhD research project into the risk factors of burn contracture in low and middle income countries has begun! RuthAnn Fanstone, who is working as a PhD student in the Centre for Global Burn Injury Policy and Research, has travelled to Bangladesh to start her fieldwork.

We will be travelling to Malawi for the first face to face session of our implementation science course in May, where we will bring together faculty members and participants from Malawi, Ethiopia, the UK and Kenya.

Developing a burn care strategy in Sierra Leone

The Centre will travel to Nepal this month to conduct an observational field trip with our partner, Sagun.