iPrOTeCT

Injury and Post Conflict Trauma

ABOUT

iPrOTeCT is a multi-country research collaboration spanning three continents, bringing together the Global Health Institute at the American University of Beirut (Lebanon), Imperial College London (United Kingdom), the University of Global Health Equity (Rwanda), the University of Moratuwa (Sri Lanka), and several humanitarian organizations. Funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), the project connects partners working across conflict-affected and low-resource settings.

The project aims to generate evidence on the long-term burden of conflict-related injuries and to develop strategies for their prevention and treatment, with a focus on populations affected in Gaza, Iraq, Lebanon, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, and Syria, and with planned expansion to other low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) across Africa and beyond.

AIMS

Aim A

Global Clinical Burden

Aim A

Establish a global picture of the clinical burden of accidental, conflict and post-conflict injuries and the resulting long-term societal issues.

Aim B

Healthcare Technology Pipeline

Aim B

Use the pipeline approach developed by the NIHR group to identify, develop and clinically translate appropriate healthcare technologies.

Aim C

Capacity & Collaboration

Aim C

Co-create, evaluate and improve capacity building opportunities in research, education, global clinical collaboration and research management.

ONGOING PROJECTS

Burden of pediatric war-related amputations

Global clinical burden

Research examining the epidemiology, clinical characteristics, and long-term societal impact of conflict-related lower-limb amputations among children and their caregivers in Iraq.

Ongoing

Availability of and accessibility to trauma databases

Healthcare technology

Scoping review mapping existing trauma databases in conflict and humanitarian settings to assess the availability and structure of injury data systems.

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Challenges and opportunities for trauma databases

Qualitative research

Qualitative research examining challenges and opportunities related to trauma data collection, management, and dissemination in conflict-affected MENA countries.

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