There are many challenges to delivering P&O education in war zones and low to middle income countries. Collaboration with local, national and international stakeholders is essential to ensure our projects meet the specific needs of each country we’re working in. Our partners and funders include universities, state agencies and non-governmental organizations. We’re very grateful for our close cooperation, which helps us to achieve the best outcomes for our humanitarian projects. With every project we implement, our overall goal is to strengthen local capacity and leave behind the tools for sustainable development.
Our academic partner is Mahidol University, Sirindhorn School for Prosthetics and Orthotics (SSPO) in Thailand. Together we have developed the world’s first specialized Bachelor’s degree (BSc) program to enable ISPO-certified Associates to upgrade to Prosthetist/Orthotist level and acquire Bachelor’s degrees in P&O at the same time. Our joint program received ISPO accreditation in 2017. Through this partnership, we have educated 52 P&O professionals and 12 students are currently enrolled.
We are very grateful for our close collaboration with Mahidol University. Our partnership enables graduates from our train the trainers program to acquire academic degrees, qualifying them to teach others and multiplying the impact of our work. It also opens doors for these excellent professionals to advance academically and to contribute to scientific research and development of prosthetics and orthotics in their countries and internationally.
We joined forces with International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) Physical Rehabilitation Program in 2012 to support the development of rehabilitation services around the world, especially in regions with ongoing conflicts.
Partnering with ICRC, we have educated a large number of professionals in many countries around the world. We use our combined expertise to deal with challenging contexts, including lack of infrastructure, ongoing conflicts, poverty and travel restrictions. Recent projects include:
We are proud of our joint success and look forward to continuing our partnership, building accessible, sustainable rehabilitation services for people with disabilities around the world.
Human Study’s education programs are accredited by the International Society for Prosthetics & Orthotics.
We collaborate and exchange knowledge with ISPO and the World Health Organization. We use the WHO Standards for Prosthetics and Orthotics as guidance to structure our approach.
Our work contributes to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
We are members of and contributors to WHO’s GATE initiative.
Our organization uses Wordfast technology for its translation needs, courtesy of Wordfast LLC and Yves Champollion.
Grateful thanks to CenTraS – UCL for their expertise in translation studies.
