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WAWLC 2013 Symposium

WAWLC Stream:Wound Care In Resource-poor Settings: Experiences from the Field

On Thursday, the 16th of May, during the 23rd Conference of the European Wound Management Association (EWMA), WAWLC hosted a full-day programme focused on wound care in resource-poor settings and investigation of the possibilities for creating a standard wound kit for such settings. Separate sessions during the day were co-hosted by the Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) and the Step by Step international diabetic foot programme. 

Materials:

• The WAWLC Symposium full programme
  
• Article in EWMA Journal (Vol 13 No. 1): WAWLC Symposium at EWMA 2013

Abstracts:

• Hubert Vuagnat (Switzerland): Resource poor settings: towards access to rehabilitation in wound care

• Eric Comte (Switzerland): Differential Diagnoses of Buruli Ulcer in Akonolinga, Cameroon

• Jan Rice (Australia): Aiding clinical educators to develop simple effective stumulating education programs for the Solomon Islands

• Patrick A. DeHeer (USA): The Diabetic Foot-The Unique Role for Podiatry in the Developing World