Lower-limb diseases targeted at important Ghana meeting
International experts in diabetic foot care – Dr Karel Bakker, Chair of International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot (IWGDF), Dr ZG Abbas, and Neil Baker - attended a very important meeting in Ghana targeting disabling diseases affecting the lower limb.
“Legs to Stand On”, the 1st International Cross-Diseases Conference on Disability Prevention in the Developing World held in Accra 27-28 May, is a major initiative that targets disabling diseases/conditions affecting the foot and lower limb. It includes both the development of technical tools and the co-implementation of projects to prevent disability in developing countries.
“This initiative is an extremely important part of the consensus project on the management of disabling diseases affecting the lower limb in low resource settings, and the ‘Cross-Diseases’ movement,” said Dr Bakker.
The groundbreaking conference was a first step in achieving consensus among key international stakeholders for the development of curricula, training materials, programme guides and implementation strategies for foot and lower limb care programs in developing countries.
