The Amputation Is Not the Endpoint: Rehabilitation’s Role in Pakistan’s Diabetic Foot Crisis
300,000 diabetes-related amputations a year. Approximately 34 every hour. These figures, presented at the recent International Conference on Diabetes &…
Pakistan Experts Warn Diabetic Foot Amputation Signals Severe Mortality Risk
Diabetes-related foot complications should be treated as threats to both limb and life, experts told the International Conference on Diabetes…
Afghan Prosthetist Keeps Women Walking While Her Own Daughter Is Kept Out of School
A remarkable first-person account from Afghanistan has highlighted both the essential role of female rehabilitation professionals and the increasingly difficult…
Pakistan’s Emerging Podiatry Profession: Ziauddin University Builds a New Foot Health Workforce
Pakistan is beginning to develop a profession that is already deeply embedded in healthcare systems across countries including the United…
Sri Lanka’s Savi Suwa Programme Distributes Locally Manufactured Prosthetic Limbs
Sri Lanka’s Savi Suwa Prosthetic Limb Donation Programme has completed another distribution of artificial limbs, providing mobility support to people…
Faisalabad Workshop to Deliver Hands-On Training in Orthotics, Prosthetics and Scoliosis Casting
Independent University Hospital in Faisalabad, Pakistan, will host a hands-on orthotics and prosthetics workshop on 8 August 2026, offering students…
Jaipur Foot Camp Restored Mobility to 1,163 Sri Lankan Conflict Survivors
A month-long humanitarian rehabilitation camp in northern Sri Lanka provided prosthetic limbs, orthotic braces and mobility aids to more than…
Nepal Sets Out National Plan to Strengthen Rehabilitation Services
Nepal has taken an important step towards strengthening rehabilitation services with the release of its National Health Rehabilitation Strategic Action…
Aleeza’s New Prosthetic Leg Restores Mobility, School Attendance and Childhood Independence
A young girl in Pakistan who lost her leg as a toddler has received a new prosthetic limb, allowing her…
Meththa Rehabilitation Foundation Restores Mobility and Dignity Across Sri Lanka
For thousands of people in Sri Lanka living with limb loss and physical disability, access to appropriate prosthetic and rehabilitation…