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Tropical orthopaedics and traumatology

The Working Group on Tropical Orthopaedics and Traumatology provides a framework to cross-link the activities of the Working Group on Orthopaedics Overseas (WOO-NOV) of the Dutch Orthopaedic Association and the NSGH.

Knowledge transfer

The focus will be primarily on (cross-disciplinary) knowledge transfer:

  1. participation in the training of Dutch Doctors in International Health Care and Tropical Medicine
  2. organising symposiums and giving presentations at domestic and international conferences
  3. participation in and development of teaching materials for projects such as:
  • BScSurg programme Malawi, in which clinical officers receive three years of theoretical and practical (on-the-job) training in the fields of general surgery, orthopaedics and gynaecology/obstetrics.
  • Orthopaedic and traumatology training organised in collaboration with the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Medan (Indonesia) and various hospitals on Sumatra.
  • Providing expert opinion and support to IGT doctors in the field.

Scientific research and publications

The working group encourages scientific research into, among other things, antibiotic-containing filling materials for the treatment of osteomyelitis.

Activities

In addition to projects primarily focused on knowledge transfer (Malawi, Indonesia, Uganda), members of the WOO-NOV are also active in providing curative care in countries such as Peru, the Philippines, Ghana, Cameroon, Tanzania, Burkina Faso, the Central African Republic, and Congo-Brazzaville. One of the members is also a member of the executive committee of World Orthopaedic Concern. The WOO-NOV receives financial and logistical support from the Overseas Orthopaedics Foundation.