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Specialised burns treatment training Malawian medical practitioners

Four medical practitioners from Malawi who received specialised training in providing care for serious burn patients, thanks to a public private partnership between the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, Johnson & Johnson, and a university in the United States of America.
Specialised burns treatment training Malawian medical practitioners

The picture shows Victoria Makalima, assistant director for the Johnson and Johnson Burn Treatment Centre (left) and Roger Crawford, executive director, Worldwide Government Affairs and Policy for Johnson & Johnson (back right) assisted Nurse Ester Manson and clinical officer William Kalua from Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe, Malawi throughout their two-week specialised training session at the Burn Treatment Centre at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital.

The training took place as a result of a public private partnership between the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, Johnson & Johnson, and the University of North Carolina in USA. The hospital in Malawi recently opened a burn unit and the hands-on training Ester and William received at the leading burn treatment centre in Africa, will no doubt make a huge difference in the lives of those in need.

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