Incidence and prevalence of traumatic and non-traumatic wounds and burns and access to wound care in Sierra Leone; data from a nationwide household survey (PRESSCO) 2020
Wounds and burns account for an extensive burden on the health and economics of the individual, the household, and the Sierra Leonean society. For over one-third of wounds, the desired surgical care was not obtainable.
Authors
- Daniel Boateng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7568-7298)
- Alex J. van Duinen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6943-0100)
- Håkon A. Bolkan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9609-4093)
- Osman Sankoh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4405-9808)
- Jonathan H. Vas Nunes
- Martin P. Grobusch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0046-1099)
- Amidu J Tommy
Institutions
- University of Liberia (LR)
- University of Cape Town (ZA)
- University of Sierra Leone (SL)
- University of the Witwatersrand (ZA)
- Njala University (SL)
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NO)
- Heidelberg University (DE)
- University Hospital Heidelberg (DE)
- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (GH)
- Advisory Board Company (United States) (US)
- University Medical Center Utrecht (NL)
- Cal Humanities (US)
- Albert Schweitzer Ziekenhuis (NL)
- Centre de Recherche Médicales de Lambaréné (GA)
- Planned Parenthood Association of Liberia (LR)
- St Olav's University Hospital (NO)
- Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development (NL)
- Amsterdam University Medical Centers (NL)
- University of Tübingen (DE)
- Heidelberg University (US)
- University of Amsterdam (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Heliyon
- Published
- 2024-09-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e38693
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.85
Funders
- Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet
- Amsterdam University Medical Centers
- Universiteit van Amsterdam