Improving global injury care through collaborative research
The Global Injury Group is an equitable partnership between collaborative researchers across
high-, middle- and low-income countries with the shared vision of improving the care of the injured through research.
Priorities & Objectives in Orthopaedic Trauma Research – A Modified Delphi Study
Study design: We will undertake a consensus exercise
using a modified Delphi method to identify areas and opportunities to strengthen MSK injury
research capacity across South Africa, Malawi, and Tanzania.
Study participants: Healthcare practitioners
(doctors, nurses, physiotherapists) and researchers providing MSK injury care or
involved in aspects of MSK injury research across Malawi, South Africa and Tanzania.
Musculoskeletal Injury and Polytrauma (MAP) Africa Study
Study design:Across Malawi, South Africa, and Tanzania, we will
undertake an observational “snap-shot” study to determine the number of WHO-priority MSK
injuries that occur during our research period.
Study participants:All adults (≥18 years) and children
presenting to participating healthcare facilities with an ankle fracture and/or fracture to the shaft of the humerus, forearm, femur or tibia.
Service Assessment of Fracture & Injury Care in Africa
Study design:We will adapt the WHO SARA framework to
"assess and monitor the service availability and readiness of the health sector and to generate
evidence to support the planning and managing of a health system" related to MSK injuries
across Malawi, South Africa, and Tanzania.
Study participants:All healthcare facilities providing
MSK injury care in Malawi, Tanzania, and South Africa.
About our group
Injuries are responsible for 8% of all global deaths (4.4 million people annually). For every
injury-related death, up to 50 people sustain temporary or permanent disabilities, resulting in
more than 220 million disability adjusted life years lost each year. This is estimated to be 10%
of all years lived with disability worldwide, more than tuberculosis, HIV and malaria combined.
Individuals sustain injuries at disproportionately higher rates in low and middle income
countries, accounting for approximately 90% of injuries and 83% injury-related global deaths.
Annually one billion people sustain a traumatic injury that requires healthcare treatment in
LMIC, which equates to over 12% of the global population.
Musculoskeletal injuries (fractures – broken bones) are the most common type of injury requiring
medical treatment and account for 78% of injury related disabilities. Africa has a higher
incidence of musculoskeletal injuries than any other region in the world and its population is
expected to double by 2050.
The Global Injury Group is an equitable partnership between collaborative researchers across high-, middle- and low-income countries with the shared vision of improving the care of the injured through research.
Collaborators
Malawi
Linda Chokotho
Malawi University of Science and Technology
Project and Country Lead
Nyengo Mkandawire
University of Malawi
Joint Project Lead
Marc Henrion
Malawi Liverpool Wellcome
Programme Biostatistics Lead
Chipiliro Moffat
The Lilongwe Institute of Orthopaedics and Neurosurgery
Country Nurse Care lead
Chikumbutso Clara Verdiana Mpanga
Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital and Kamuzu University of Health Sciences
Orthopaedic Surgeon
Vincent Mkochi
Kamuzu University of Health Sciences
Orthopaedic Surgeon
South Africa
Maritz Laubscher
University of Cape Town
Country Lead
Sithombo Maqungo
University of Cape Town
Co-Country and CEI Lead
Robyn Waters
University of Cape Town
Project Manager and Senior Researcher
Nosipho Mncwabe
University of Cape Town
Country Nurse Care Lead
Kirsty Berry
University of Cape Town
Orthopaedic Surgeon
Bruce Biccard
University of Cape Town
Perioperative Care Lead
Richard Matzopoulos
SAMRC
Epidemiology lead
Tracey Smythe
University of Stellenbosch
Rehabilitation Lead
Tanzania
Billy Haonga
Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences
Country Lead
George Njambilo
Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences
Co-country Lead and Orthopaedic Surgeon
Patrick Ngunyale
Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences
Orthopaedic Surgeon
Dorkasi Mwakawanga
Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences
Country Nurse Care Lead
Obedi Emmanuel
Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences
Research Coordinator
United Kingdom
Simon Graham
University of Oxford
Project Lead
Matthew Costa
University of Oxford
Joint Project Lead
Juul Achten
University of Oxford
Project Management
Molly Glaze
University of Oxford
Project Manager
Annabel Morley
University of Oxford
Project Administrator
Duncan Appelbe
University of Oxford
Information Specialist
Sarah Drew
University of Bristol
Social Science Lead
Abigail Shaw
University of Oxford
Plastic Surgeon and Global Injury Group Research Fellow
Jonathan Cook
University of Oxford
Clinical Trials Lead
Stavros Petrou
University of Oxford
Health Economic Lead
Daniel Perry
Alder Hey Childrens Hospital
Paediatric Trauma lead
Jim Harrison
Countess of Chester NHS Foundation Trust
Research Training Lead
United States
David Shearer
University of California, IGOT
Collaborator
Madeline Mackechnie
University of California, IGOT
Collaborator
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