
Lotta Velin
@velinlotta
MD | PhD student in trauma epidemiology & disaster medicine @KMC_SWE | '19-20 @HarvardPGSSC @PIH_Rwanda | #globalsurgery, equity, climate change
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Apply for the Kofi Annan Global Health Leadership Programme by Africa CDC - Deadline January 30 africacdc.org/kofi-annan-glo…



A rural hospital in #Rwanda. Access to good quality #HealthCare is a basic human right. #RwandaWorks MUNINI HOSPITAL


Thank you for 50k downloads! Three years ago, when I wrote this piece, I never imagined the impact it would have. I'm incredibly grateful to Ṣẹ̀yẹ Abímbọ́lá, who provided a home for this piece, and Binyavanga Wainaina, who inspired it. Thank you to all who have used it.


The global femur fracture cohort study will, for the first time, show fracture outcomes across the world and by type of fracture. JOIN THE TEAM AND CONTRIBUTE TO THIS PIONEERING STUDY AND ITS WRITE UP. John G Meara 🇲🇹🇦🇺🇺🇸 NIHR Global Surgery NIHR Global Health Equi Injury Nobhojit Roy Janet Martin



Burn injuries, a serious public health concern. Our study at University Teaching Hospital of Kigali/CHUK showed a 13% in-hospital mortality rate for burns, with mortality risks reaching 50% and 100% as the Total Body Burn surface Area (TBSA) approached 48% and 75%, resp. Lotta Velin pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38505345/




Always inspired by the stories of women in surgery breaking glass ceilings. Thank you for the feature Amy Paterson and LSE Higher Education Blog.

Please join our next Harvard Global Orthopaedics Collaborative & SONAGlobal.org virtual conference on #Arthroplasty in #Africa! Two 90min case discussions on Saturdays 27 July - THA in young adults 3 August - THA PJI Register: forms.gle/sWe8mJovBoN3AM… Submit a case: forms.gle/tXitjmcePJLcpz…


Please join us for our live case discussion on #THA in young adults this Saturday 27 July! calndr.link/event/2ElofBSn… Prepare for the live session with our free pre-recorded lectures here: youtube.com/playlist?list=… Harvard Global Orthopaedics Collaborative Ortho_BIDMC harvardortho SONAGlobal.org




We are organizing Global Surgery Research Hub Rwanda University of Rwanda the 3rd Global Surgery Research Open Day on Friday 23rd, Aug 24 at Lemigo Hotel,Kigali. #ImprovingSurgicalCare #Evidence_basedPractice Book the day &Join us King Faisal Hospital Rwanda University Teaching Hospital of Kigali/CHUK Rwanda Biomedical Centre Ministry of Health | Rwanda NIHR Global Surgery CHUB




New paper out exploring junior doctors’ perceptions of #globalhealth and sust development: gh.bmj.com/content/9/11/e… These topics are seen as relevant to doctors starting their clinical career, but application to clinical work is hard. #MedEd S HerzigvanWees Karolinska Institutet