Includes bibliographical references.

Part 1. Clinical practice

Living with a chronic wound

Wound aetiologies, patient characteristics, and healthcare settings amenable to maggot therapy

Indications, contraindications, interactions, and side-effects of maggot therapy

Medicinal maggot application and maggot therapy dressing technology

Clinical integration of maggot therapy

Part 2. Therapeutic principles

The natural history of medicinal flies

Maggot debridement

The antimicrobial activity of medicinal maggots

Maggot-assisted wound healing

Bioprospecting and testing of new fly species for maggot therapy

Part 3. Production of medicinal maggots

Laboratory and insectary infrastructure and equipment

Fly colony establishment, quality control and improvement

Medicinal maggot production

Establishment of a medical maggot rearing facility and maggot therapy programme for human and veterinary medicine in Kenya

Part 4. Logistics

Packaging technology

Distribution logistics

Drone-assisted medicinal maggot distribution in compromised healthcare settings

Part 5. Ethics

The ethics of maggot therapy