11/4/2017 The Making Of The First Burn Unit In Ethiopia Yohannes Demissie /M.D./ The making of the first burn unit Burn care in Ethiopia – Situation of burns – Burn workshops in South Ethiopia – A center in Addis Ababa THROUGH – Collaboration between the AA Health Bureau & HUH, Norway funded by NORAD, 11/4/2017 Facing burn challenges … Partnership agreement May 2000 Yekatit 12 Hospital Haukeland University Hospital Norway Sponsor: NORAD (Norwegian Agency for International Development) HaukelandHYekatit A U K 12 UniversityE HospitalL A N D HospitalBurn UnitU H Yekatit 12 Hospital Burn Unit 11/4/2017 Objectives of the Burn Project I. Develop suitable infrastructure . ward, ENT clinic Yekatit 12 Hospital Burn Unit . infusion unit,, . endoscopy room, . bacteriology lab, OR, . pharmacy store, . ref. clinic, work- shop, . physiotherapy 11/4/2017 …/ objectives II. Training of personnel Nurses plastic surgeons, physiotherapists, FK ….. 11/4/2017 …/objectives III. Provide clinical service wound care, surgical care, Nutritional support Physiotherapy, Bacteriology lab 11/4/2017 …/objectives Post resuscitation Wound care – Vaseline gauze – Saline – Bacteriology Nutritional support 11/4/2017 …/objectives Physiotherapy, 11/4/2017 …/ objectives IV. Increase awareness Based on study made Focused on Burn Prevention The culprit in & rural Ethiopia First aid 11/4/2017 CLP Project 2003 CLP Project with an objective of establishing a cleft team composed of: • Plastic surgeon • Speech therapist •ENT •Orthodontist •Pediatrician 11/4/2017 Merger of the 2 projects Burn / CLP Project 2005 11/4/2017 Outputs Infrastructure Burn unit, Cleft ward, Operation room / RR Infusion unit Med workshop, Out patient unit, Physiotherapy unit, 11/4/2017 Outputs infra-structure Main OR, Burn/CLP OR ENT Clinic Endoscopy Room Hospital sewer system Hospital-garden 11/4/2017 Outputs Personnel training India Norway Other Plastic Surgeons 14 Sandwich Training Nurses 6 2 Dentists India 2 1 Med. Tech 2 Infusion product/n 3 Tanzania Dental Tech. 1 Physiotherapists 2 S. Africa 1 Uganda Speech therapists 6 S. Africa 11/4/2017 ENT Specializat/n 1 SA Collaborations – AAU – Norway: FK, Diakoneskhijem, Nursing college in Bergen, Swedish college of nurses. – ALERT – Canada, U.S.A., Greece, TFW, – ‘Catholic sisters’ net work’ Smile train, Interplast, Rotary, – AMREF – India: CMC & H, Stanly med school, Sri Ramachandra college – Project Harar – Uganda: Fredscorpset – Netherland: Dutch Noma- foundation… _ South Africa: UCT, Red Cross hospital in Cape Town, – U.K. Facing Africa 11/4/2017 Fredscorps Through the trilateral exchange among Ethiopia, Norway & India Later Ethiopia, Norway & Uganda 11/4/2017 11/4/2017 Consolidation of the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Unit 2006 11/4/2017 Future challanges Keep up service Keep up training Keep up alternative financial supports Consumables Retention of personnel 11/4/2017 Stakeholders AAAHB /Yekatit 12 Hospital ALERT/ Hospital FMOH AAU – Affiliation of our unit, – DTU AAU – SLT traning AAU 11/4/2017 PRS UnitS 2017 Unit 1 & 2 – 5 Consultant Plastic surgeons – 3 fellows in the 3-year-program – 9 + at TAH Residents – 19-bed-burn unit – 16 beds for other PRS cases Unit 2 at ALERT 11/4/2017 11/4/2017 Yohannes Demisse M.D. AAU 22 .