Georgia

According to official figures (WHO), there are more than 130,000 disabled people in Georgia. Of them, some 10 percent – roughly 13,000 people – are in need of orthopedic treatment due to an impaired musculoskeletal system. Read more

Romania

In an attempt to improve appalling care conditions for the disabled, Johanniter has provided orthotic devices and prosthetic limbs, as well as medical consumables to various orthopaedic centres in the country. Read more

Ukraine

The number of HIV infected people in Ukraine, according to the „USAID Report on the global AIDS epidemic 2008“, amounts around 440.000 people. The region and city with the highest rates of prevalence is Odessa, where an estimated number of 70.000 HIV infected people live. A worrying perspective is the number of approximately 300 new infections per month. Read more