Session Programme

Lunch session

Wednesday, 21 April 2010

Session LS02/room 3

World Alliance for Wound and Lymphoedema Care (WAWLC)

Chairs: Hubert Vuagnat, President, Swiss Association for Wound Care & Head of Division, Geneva University Hospitals, Switzerland

Over the past three decades, the world has seen tremendous medical advances in modern wound care and lymphoedema management, due to new scientific knowledge, techniques, and materials. These advances have occurred mainly in developed countries, whereas little attention has been given to wound care and lymphoedema management in the majority of resource-poor nations. The necessity of basic wound care education has been emphasized by many national and international wound care societies, NGOs and the WHO, resulting in the foundation of the WAWLC. This session will review the WAWLC mission and current initiatives, supported by two practical examples of wound care implementation in Cameroon.

Wound Care in Low-Resource Settings

Hubert Vuagnat, President, Swiss Association for Wound Care & Head of Division, Geneva University Hospitals Switzerland

Wound Care Implementation in a District Hospital of Cameroon: The Buruli Programme

Eric Comte, Medical Referent for Malaria and Buruli ulcers, Médecins sans Frontières, Switzerland

Wound Care in Cameroun: A Teach-the-Teacher Experience

Carolyn Wyndham-White and Dominique Bidet-Dazin, Senior Lecturers, University of Applied Sciences & HES Geneva, Nursing Department, Switzerland

Limits of Reconstructive Surgery in Resource-Poor Settings

Brigitte Pittet-Cuenod, Vice-Dean, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Switzerland