{"id":1317,"date":"2025-10-07T15:13:58","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T13:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nsgh.nl\/?post_type=working-group&#038;p=1317"},"modified":"2026-03-26T12:20:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T11:20:36","slug":"tropical-orthopaedics-and-traumatology","status":"publish","type":"working-group","link":"https:\/\/nsgh.nl\/en\/werkgroepen\/tropische-orthopedie-en-traumatologie","title":{"rendered":"Tropical orthopaedics and traumatology"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Knowledge transfer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The focus will be primarily on (cross-disciplinary) knowledge transfer:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>participation in the training of Dutch Doctors in International Health Care and Tropical Medicine<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>organising symposiums and giving presentations at domestic and international conferences<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>participation in and development of teaching materials for projects such as:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>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.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Orthopaedic and traumatology training organised in collaboration with the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Medan (Indonesia) and various hospitals on Sumatra.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Providing expert opinion and support to IGT doctors in the field.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Scientific research and publications<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The working group encourages scientific research into, among other things, antibiotic-containing filling materials for the treatment of osteomyelitis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Activities<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-1317","working-group","type-working-group","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nsgh.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/working-group\/1317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nsgh.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/working-group"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nsgh.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/working-group"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nsgh.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}