Operations

EXTRACCT supports activities conducted under the Chain of Civilian Casualty Care (C-CCC), an integrated set of practices to improve trauma care for civilian explosive weapon casualties through enhanced humanitarian mine actor engagement.

The C-CCC interfaces with the World Health Organization Emergency Care System Framework, but focuses specifically on interventions that can be coordinated with existing activities conducted by humanitarian mine actor stakeholders.

In 2024, we will launch the first implementation of a CCCC intervention to reach communities affected by improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Burkina Faso. In partnership with Mines Advisory Group (MAG) and our local collaborators at the Burkinabe NGO Pull for Progress, we are designing a novel joint delivery model for Layperson First Responder training to improve lifesaving care close to the point of injury, increasing survival among explosive weapon casualties by bridging the gap until a trained provider can be reached. With collaborative input from communities themselves, we will adapt and pilot the WHO’s Community First Aid Responder Training programme through a training-of-trainers (ToT) approach to build trauma care capacity in contexts affected by explosive threats.