Burns

WHO is promoting interventions that have been shown to be successful in reducing the incidence of burns.

The Organization is also supporting the development and use of a global burn registry for globally harmonized data collection on burns and increased collaboration between global and national networks to increase the number of effective programmes for burn prevention.


Publications

Standards and recommendations for burns care in mass casualty incidents

Caring for burns patients from the incident scene to definitive treatment can be a complex, resource-consuming process with the potential to overwhelm...

Manual for the health care of children in humanitarian emergencies

This manual was developed based on the recommendations of a global technical consultation on child health in humanitarian emergencies co-organized by WHO...