Welcome to the new Silk Road

Salutations to all readers. Please allow me to introduce to you to the new Silk Road Supplement of the Journal of Wound Care (JWC). This new supplement covers Asia, Middle East and Australasia, connecting the various clinicians, researchers and academicians in the field of wound management. This is a new initiative to reach out to the largest area and continent in the world, with more than two thirds of the world's population.

Wounds are a huge burden in this region and a lot of work has to be done to improve wound management and standard of care in the various countries. The Silk Road supplement serves as a new platform to enable wound clinicians to undertake more research, write up their cases for publication and connect to the rest of the world. The sharing of knowledge and expertise is an important aspect among the various stakeholders from the different disciplines in medicine. The role of a multidisciplinary team (MDT) in managing various wounds such as diabetic foot ulcers (DFU) has been highlighted time and time again in numerous publications and guidelines as well as consensus documents.