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  1. The BBA Prevention Committee is made up of Association members and representatives of charities, government departments and commercial groups that have an interest and involvement in burn injury prevention.

  2. The BBA is a non-profit making charity for people interested in supporting and promoting burn care in the UK and Ireland, for the benefit of the general public. Its core aims are to educate and to encourage research into all aspects of burn injury, its treatment and prevention.

    • Key Facts
    • Overview
    • The Problem
    • Some Country Data
    • Economic Impact
    • Who Is at Risk?
    • In Which Settings Do Burns occur?
    • Prevention
    • Who Response
    An estimated 180 000 deaths every year are caused by burns. The vast majority occur in low- and middle-income countries.
    Non-fatal burn injuries are a leading cause of morbidity.
    Burns occur mainly in the home and workplace.
    Burns are preventable.

    A burn is an injury to the skin or other organic tissue primarily caused by heat or due to radiation, radioactivity, electricity, friction or contact with chemicals. Thermal (heat) burns occur when some or all the cells in the skin or other tissues are destroyed by: 1. hot liquids (scalds) 2. hot solids (contact burns) 3. flames (flame burns).

    Burns are a global public health problem, accounting for an estimated 180 000 deaths annually. The majority of these occur in low- and middle-income countries and almost two thirds occur in the WHO African and South-East Asia Regions. In many high-income countries, burn death rates have been decreasing, and the rate of child deaths from burns is cu...

    In India, over 1 million people are moderately or severely burnt every year.
    Nearly 173 000 Bangladeshi children are moderately or severely burnt every year.
    In Bangladesh, Colombia, Egypt and Pakistan, 17% of children with burns have a temporary disability and 18% have a permanent disability.
    Burns are the second most common injury in rural Nepal, accounting for 5% of disabilities.

    Direct care costs for burns vary widely but tend towards being generally expensive with a 2014 systematic review finding a mean total healthcare cost per burn patient of US$ 88 218 (range US$ 704–717 306). In South Africa an estimated US$ 26 million is spent annually for care of burns from kerosene (paraffin) cookstove incidents. Indirect costs suc...

    Gender

    Females have slightly higher rates of death from burns compared to males according to the most recent data. This contrasts with the usual injury pattern, where rates of injury for the various injury mechanisms tend to be higher in males than females. The higher risk for females is associated with open fire cooking, or inherently unsafe cookstoves, which can ignite loose clothing. Open flames used for heating and lighting also pose risks, and self-directed or interpersonal violence are also fa...

    Age

    Along with adult women, children are particularly vulnerable to burns. Burns are the fifth most common cause of non-fatal childhood injuries. While a major risk is improper adult supervision, a considerable number of burn injuries in children result from child maltreatment.

    Regional factors

    There are important regional differences in burn rates. 1. Children under 5 years of age in the WHO African Region have over 2 times the incidence of burn deaths than children under 5 years of age worldwide. 2. Boys under 5 years of age living in low- and middle-income countries of the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region are almost 2 times as likely to die from burns as boys living in the WHO European Region. 3. The incidence of burn injuries requiring medical care is nearly 20 times higher in t...

    Burns occur mainly in the home and workplace. Community surveys in Bangladesh and Ethiopia show that 80–90% of burns occur at home. Children and women are usually burned in domestic kitchens, from upset receptacles containing hot liquids or flames, or from cookstove explosions. Men are most likely to be burned in the workplace due to fire, scalds, ...

    Burns are preventable. High-income countries have made considerable progress in lowering rates of burn deaths, through a combination of prevention strategies and improvements in the care of people affected by burns. Most of these advances in prevention and care have been incompletely applied in low- and middle-income countries. Increased efforts to...

    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 programme...

  3. The main aim of burn prevention is to increase awareness about burn hazards and thus reduce the incidence and severity of burn injuries. Prevention is cost-effective than acute burns management and will clearly reach greater numbers of people.

  4. Preventing and treating burns. Burns are skin injuries usually caused by contact with heat – but they can also be caused by cold, chemicals, radiation, steam and electricity. The majority of burns are preventable, so we've brought together some tips to help you reduce your risk.

  5. The mission of the Burn Prevention Network is to reduce the risk of burns and empower burn survivors and their families.

  6. Mar 17, 2008 · A WHO plan for burn prevention and care. 17 March 2008. | Publication. Download (1.8 MB)

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