Tenth Anniversary of the Exceed Research Network

The Exceed Research Network, or ERN, was founded in February 2015.

Its aim is to carry out applied research in lower resource settings, focusing on prosthetics and orthotics (PO) and wider disability issues. ERN brings together universities, NGOs, PO businesses, PO educators and practitioners and health service professionals, to carry out consortium-led, ethical, informed, applied and impactful scientific and social research.

Over ten years, this work has benefited people with disabilities, built research capacity in lower resource locations, shaped research practice, informed the development sector and supported the work of Exceed Worldwide.

To mark the 10th Anniversary of the Network, information about ERN will be published regularly on Exceed communications platforms in 2025, so look out for more as the year moves on.

Regional Educators' visits in Cambodia

Regional Educators visited people with disabilities and their families during the annual meeting for Regional Leaders in Prosthetic and Orthotic Education in Cambodia.

Prosthetic and Orthotic educators from Southeast and South Asia completed their time in Cambodia by visiting the Department of Prosthetics and Orthotics at the National Institute of Social Affairs in Phnom Penh.

Regional PO Educators Visit Central Hospital in Phnom Penh

Leading prosthetic and orthotic (PO) educators from Southeast and South Asia visited the Central Hospital in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, as part of their annual PO educators meeting.

The Central Hospital is a major private hospital in Phnom Penh and, as part of the visit, Carolyn Wilson, a UK-based physiotherapist who specialises in amputee rehabilitation, delivered a presentation about the benefits of an inter-disciplinary approach to amputee rehabilitation.

Exceed's social enterprise provides private PO services at the Central Hospital, in partnership with the hospital's management.




Regional PO Educators Meet on International Day for People with Disabilities

Leaders from Prosthetic and Orthotic (PO) Schools in Southeast and South Asia are meeting in Phnom Penh, Cambodia from 2-4 December, a period which includes the International Day for People with Disabilities on 3rd December.

PO schools provide an essential service for people with physical disabilities by training PO clinicians and technicians to assess patients and make, fit, repair and replace prosthetic and orthotic devices like artificial limbs, leg braces and spinal braces.

PO services treat men, women and children with a wide range of conditions, including amputation, scoliosis, cerebral palsy, polio, diabetes and many other conditions.

PO patients often require lifelong support which can only be provided by trained professionals and PO Schools have an essential in supporting people with disabilities, by restoring mobility and enabling patients to have an independent life and contribute to society as employees, taxpayers and active community members.

The PO Educators meeting in Phnom Penh is being attended by schools from Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, the Philippines and Thailand and their aim is to work together more closely, to grow the PO profession and support many more people with disabilities.