Every year there are more than 450,000 Australians living with a wound. The personal impacts – physical, emotional, social and financial – are enormous, while the cost to our health and aged care budgets is over $6.6 billion annually.
Despite this, wounds remain a largely silent epidemic.
Wound Awareness Week aims to shine a spotlight on Australia's wound problem.
Why support Wound Awareness Week?
Wound Awareness Week Wound Champion Nelly Thomas explains more.
Meet Oozie T. Wound
Meet our mascot, Oozie T. Wound, a fun character with a serious message to share about the unsightly, uncomfortable and sometimes embarrassing realities of life for more than 450,000 Australians living with wounds.
Oozie invites Australia to 'embrace the ooze' during Wound Awareness Week by hosting a Big Oozie Bake Off morning tea!
Simply register your event with us, bake or buy your oozy treats – from jam donuts to custard eclairs, if it oozes, it's in! – and start a conversation about wounds.
Here are some recipes to fire your imagination!
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About Wounds Australia
Wound Awareness Week is an initiative of Wounds Australia, the national peak body for wound prevention, diagnosis, treatment and healing.
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Wound Awareness Week is an initiative of Wounds Australia, the national peak body for wound prevention, diagnosis, treatment and healing.