Strengthening care of injured children globally

Strengthening care of injured children globally.

Part of the solution to the growing problem of child injury is to strengthen the care that injured children receive. This paper will point out the potential health gains to be made by doing this and will then review recent advances in the care of injured children in individual institutions and countries. It will discuss how these individual efforts have been aided by increased international att...

Global strengthening of care for the injured.

Road traffic injuries and injuries from other causes have become significant public health problems throughout the world, particularly in lowand middleincome countries (1). Each year, about 20 million people are killed or injured on the roads (2). This increasing burden of death, disability and pain can be averted through appropriate preventive measures, if taken together with accessible and af...

Patterns of health care use of injured and non-injured children.

Strengthening care for the injured: Success stories and lessons learned from around the world

Strengthening care for the injured: success stories and lessons learned from around the world 1.Wounds and injuries-therapy. 2.Delivery of health care. 3.Emergency medical services-organization and administration. 4.Rehabilitation. The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the World Hea...

Rehabilitation of head injured children.

Correspondence to: Dr D M B Hall, Community Health Services, Clare House, St George's Hospital, Blackshaw Road, London SW17 OQT. Epidemiology of head injury in childhood Between the ages of 1 and 14 years accidents constitute the greatest single cause of death and head injuries account for 40% of these, amounting to 403 in the United Kingdom in 1985.1 Only about one quarter of children who rece...