The main programme in Bangladesh is to train Bangladeshi Plastic Surgeons in the reconstruction of hand function after electrical burns and improve the long-term outcome of burns injuries, especially... Read More
A joint BFIRST/BSSH project to setup the inaugural Orthoplastic hand trauma workshop in 2018, with didactic lectures, live patient clinical discussions and cadaveric dissection.
What’s the... Read More
What's the need?
The initial approach was through the early days of BFIRST. A request was made for support in education and training in the field of Congenital Hand and Paediatric Hand... Read More
What’s the need?
Myanmar was developing rapidly since opening up to the outside world in 2007, both economically and in terms of medical care. This has gone into reverse since the military coup of... Read More
What’s the need?
Nepal is a long thin country stretching across the Himalayas North East of India, sandwiched between India and China. It has a population of 31 million of which 1.4 million live... Read More
What’s the need?
Burn care education – all areas.
Previous Visits
Sept 2018 – lead by Manchester team (Zeeshan Sheikh (plastic surgeon), Nadeem Khwaja (plastic surgeon), Winston de... Read More
History
In 2015 Mohamed Abdelrahman, a Sudanese plastic surgeon, spoke to the BSSH overseas committee chair, Steve Hodgson, about the potential for collaboration. Several BSSH visits to lay the... Read More
Aims
Our principal aims are:
Teaching and Training of Local Teams
Capacity Building and Coordination of Local Teams
We aimed to achieve this through:
Continuing... Read More
What’s the need?
Vietnam has a relatively high incidence of microtia and a very high incidence of motorcycle accidents including ear avulsions. We have been working with the fantastic team in... Read More
What’s the need?
Zimbabwe is a low income country with huge economic and health challenges. A previously robust health system has been downgraded by hyper-inflation, mismanagement, loss of... Read More