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About the Asia Pacific Burns Association |
| Asia Pacific Burns Association |
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| Every geographical region of the world apart from the Asia Pacific region has a burns association. The Asia Pacific region encompasses over a third of the world's population and well over half the worlds burns patients. In 2003, over a thousand letters were sent out to poll regional interest and at the ISBI meeting in Yokohama in 2004 a formal meeting was attended by representatives of the Asia Pacific region. A unanimous decision was taken to endorse the setting up of a regional association. The aim is to make this association inclusive for all those involved in burns care and to make it accessible to all who want to participate. It is essential that it compliments and supports the work of the ISBI as is the case with the other regional associations. A steering committee was chosen to determine the nature, constitution and mission of the association. |
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| Steering Committe |
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| Professor Andrew Burd from Hong Kong was appointed as the Chairman. | |
| Professor Zhao-fan Xia from Shanghai. Professor Xia and the Chinese Burns Association will be hosting the 5th Asia Pacific Burns Congress in Shanghai this November. | |
| Sheila Kavanagh from Adelaide, Australia. Sheila has a long experience in Burns nursing and will be canvassing the views of nurses and non-medical burns care professionals who may be interested in the association. | |
| Professor Rajeev Ahuja is from Dehli and is the President of the National Academy of Burns of India. | |
| Dr Dong-Chul Kim is from Seoul in Korea. | |
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Professor Young-Chul Jang &
Professor Suk-Joon Oh
both from the Hallym Burns Centre in Korea. (It has been agreed that the Korean Burns Association will host the 6th Asia Pacific Burns Congress in Seoul in 2007.) |
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| Professor S T Lee who hosted the First Asia Pacific Burns Congress in Singapore is acting as a senior advisor to the committee. | |
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