Member Helen Parker has signed up to run the Melbourne Half Marathon on July 19She has nominated Interplast as her "charity".
Would you like to sponsor her, and support Interplast?
Receipt will be issued by Interplast and fully tax deductible.
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What does Interplast do?
Changing futures through medical care and training
Interplast works across the Asia Pacific region to improve access to safe, timely, and appropriate surgical, medical, and rehabilitation services. Our programs focus on building local capacity through training, mentoring, and strengthening health systems so that communities can access care that transforms lives.
In Australia and New Zealand, we often take it for granted that if we ever need medical care, we will be treated quickly and effectively by highly qualified doctors, nurses, surgeons and other specialists.
But right next door in the Asia Pacific region, a lack of resources combined with limited training means people with repairable conditions are often not treated fast enough or well enough – if they are treated at all.
The numbers are almost impossible to grasp.
An estimated 143 million people each year go without surgical attention they urgently need, according to the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery. More than 99 million of those cases are in Asia and Oceania, where Interplast works.
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