Background In 2007 Colombia was one of the five countries in the world with the highest number of anti-personnel landmine victims [1]. These are small devices designed to injure or kill people and animals by exploding when a minimum pressure is exerted on them (approximately 6 Force-Kg) [2]. Between 1999 and 2008 there were 6696 reported incidents with these artifacts in Colombia, partly due to an intensified civil war conflict in this period of time, however, it is estimated that the number of affected subjects might be higher due to underreporting [1]. This problem has had an enormous impact on Public Health in Colombia, aggravated by the fact that victims, often children or young adults, frequently suffer significant degrees of physical and psychological disabilities, leading to an increase in the number of healthy life years (DALYs) lost in our population, together with important secondary economic impacts [1-5]. Anderson et al [3] estimated that the quality of life is affected in 25 to 87% of families with a relative victim of a landmine.