Burns in the Third World: an unmet need.

Burns continue to present a significant public health problem, resulting in scores of preventable deaths and disability everyyear. The burden of burns disproportionately falls to the world's poor residing in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). Those who are burnt require timely access to acute burns management, including definitive surgical care. The current lack of access to safe and affordable surgical care with anaesthesia worldwide...