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Wound Care in South Africa: A Heart for the Wounded
Episode 8 • 3rd July 2024 • Open Wound Research • Zweli Tunyiswa
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Proudly sponsored by Open Wound Research, https://www.openwoundresearch.com/ 

Exploring the unique approaches and challenges in wound care across different countries, with a focus on South Africa's methods and innovations. Featuring an insightful interview with Clinical Nurse Expert, Liezl Naude, who shares her expertise and international experience. 

Theme music is « Real as it Gets (Dirty Deed) », by Justin G. Marcellus 

 

Links from the show: 

Wound Healing Association of Southern Africa: https://www.whasa.org/ 

Wound Healing South Africa Journal: https://journals.co.za/journal/mp.whsa 

World Alliance of wound and lymphedema care: https://wawlc.org/ 

EWMA: https://ewma.org/ 

Eloquent Learning Health: https://elh.eduan71.co.za/learning-health/ 

International Infection Control Guidelines: https://www.who.int/teams/integrated-health-services/infection-prevention-control 

Granulox: https://www.molnlycke.ae/products-solutions/granulox/ 

ActiGraft: https://reddressmedical.com/technology/ 

Ubuntu Conference: https://ubuntu2024.com/ 

Heart for the Wounded: https://heart4thewounded.co.za/ 

 

Timestamps: 

00:00 Intro 

02:15 Liezl’s Background 

08:24 Wound Care in South Africa 2000 - 2005 

10:47 Healthcare System in South Africa 

14:37 Development in Wound Care 

18:10 Differences between Europe / U.S. and South Africa when it comes to resources 

21:48 How Liezl has dealt with resource scarcity  

25:34 Most common wounds Liezl has seen in South Africa 

30:31 Dealing with underlying conditions 

39:24 Using Jump Kits in under resourced areas 

49:29 Heart for the Wounded 

51:17 Research that has impacted Liezl’s work 

56:09 Closing question 

 

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I think the biggest difference for me with how we in Africa do wounds is we improvise a lot. You will look at a product one way and think of 30 other ways of how you can use the one product to get a good result in irrespective of what it's been prescribed for, which means that we are really innovative in the way that we use products and what we use as material together with products.

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