WoundsAfrica

26/04/2026

Most of you can probably relate to this. With a little bit of organizing and discipline this can be avoided.

14/04/2026

Several new chapters on WoundsAfrica!

Dear colleagues, We’re on a roll! Over the past few weeks, we’ve had the opportunity to develop several new chapters. We invite you to explore our latest additions on sickle-cell ulcers, pyoderma gangrenosum, mpox-related ulcers, and calciphylaxis. Wounds Africa is gradually gaining more attenti...

27/03/2026

Collagen products in wound care

image copyright: Solventum If you are working as a wound care provider in Africa, you may think that collagen products are standard of care in many Western countries. That is actually not the case – also in many Western countries, collagen products are still considered somewhat exotic. Many clinic...

02/01/2026

A Shared Commitment to Better Wound Care

Dear colleagues and friends, As we step into a new year, we would like to pause for a moment to acknowledge you — the healthcare professionals who, every day, care for patients with wounds under circumstances that are often far from ideal. Whether you work in a busy urban hospital, a rural clinic,...

09/12/2025

Free webinar from Wounds UK on insights from the UK`s largest wound database on Thursday 11-December 2025 at 1pm ( UK time). Registration link:

https://wounds-uk.com/event/20000-reasons-we-cant-ignore-wounds-any-longer-insights-from-the-uks-largest-ever-wound-database/?utm_content=480401597&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin&hss_channel=lcp-33196739

01/11/2025

New chapter published: Tips for wound dressings on the head!

Firstly, thank you to all of you who subscribe to our newsletter! Many of you are familiar with the challenge of keeping a scalp dressing in place. If the patient is bald, you can, of course, use a regular adhesive bandage. But most often, hair gets in the way. A dressing with adhesive edges is usel...

23/09/2025

It has been an honour to be invited to a global Expert Panel in Gothenburg, led by JWC & Essity to develop new guidelines for Antimicrobial Stewardship. These efforts will hopefully further decrease the inappropriate use of of antibiotics☺️

The panel consisted of experts from Italy, USA, South Africa, Sweden, India, UK and…Norway.

23/06/2025

Cutting Guides for Foam Dressings

Some of you may already have started your summer holiday. Don`t worry—we will not spam you with work-related emails during your well-deserved break. However, since wounds don`t take a holiday, we will send out a few newsletters over the next few months, but promise to keep the topics light. Today,...

07/06/2025

Do you use the TIMES acronym to describe what you see in wound care? We have added a new chapter on WoundsAfrica—click the link below to read it.

https://www.woundsafrica.com/copy-of-times-verkt%C3%B8y

26/01/2025

World Leprosy Day is observed on the last Sunday of January every year. In 2025, the World Leprosy Day is on 26 January. This international day is an opportunity to celebrate people who have experienced leprosy, raise awareness of the disease, and call for an end to leprosy-related stigma and discrimination.