Bringing Life-saving Interventions to Children Around the World
The Challenge
- Approximately one in six children live in conflict zones,3
and are at risk of blast injuries. - Thousands of children without limbs worldwide do not have access to appropriate prostheses.
- New research into their response to amputation and the development of new appropriate prosthetics offer dignity and life-saving interventions to children in conflict and emergency zones.
Authors
Anthony Bull
Professor of Musculoskeletal Mechanics
at Imperial College London, UK
Ghassan Abu-Sittah
Head of Division of Plastic Surgery
at American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Sisary Kheng
Country Director at Exceed Worldwide,
Cambodia