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Ukraine and the procedure was established by the government on how to reimburse the Ukrainian specialists for such prosthesis in Ukraine. The number of amputees who were being sent abroad to get such prostheses has decreased to 2 or 3 per year (as some of the cases are still too complex). 12 amputees received functional upper/lower limb prostheses and were taught how to effectively use them; 15 specialists were part of the hands-on training; more than 100 Ukrainian specialists attended one-day seminars on prosthetics and rehabilitation. During one of the visits of the Canadian prosthetists in between the mission, Ukraine Prosthetic Assistance Project arranged formal certification and training of 4 more Ukrainian prosthetists (making it 7 altogether) in fitting myo-electric hand and now also partial hand (digits) prostheses for the first time in Ukraine.
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Embassy of Australia in Ukraine; a fundraiser was held by CUIA Fund; Prosthetika and World Rehabilitation Fund have financially supported the Project. The third mission took place on July 23 – August 5, 2017 and focused on sports and leisure prosthetics and related rehabilitation. Some of the amputees who received prostheses were members of Invictus Games: Team Ukraine and Ukrainian Paralympic Team. This was the first time in Ukraine that 20 Ukrainian prosthetists and rehabilitation specialists were trained in fitting and teaching amputees to effectively use sports and leisure prosthetic devices. Daily seminars were held to provide additional support to a greater number of specialists, interested in learning new approaches and tricks.
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myo-electric and body-powered upper limb prostheses and hydraulic lower limb prostheses; 10 specialists were trained in a hands-on setting on how to fit myo-electric upper limb prostheses and were shown how to teach amputees to use them effectively; 20 amputees received consultations; 50 Ukrainian specialists from across
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injuries, which they have never had to deal with before. The government of
Ukraine was gradually increasing funding for prosthetics, however no funds were allocated for professional development of the local specialists. Most of the amputees, especially with upper limb losses in 2014 ended up being sent abroad without proper medical follow up arranged for them upon their return to Ukraine.
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Victors project by Solomiya Vitvitska (a Ukrainian news anchor), Kumka organized a week long training for Ukrainian prosthetic specialists in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The team of 5 specialists participated in the hands on training and were exposed to organization of
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Ukrainian specialists develop stronger connections and establish peer to peer training opportunities through local conferences and webinars, continuing to support both the specialists and amputees with advice, organize more missions as needed and help establish
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Kumka decided to investigate a solution to the problem. She talked to some wounded
Ukrainian soldiers and realized that many of them were not able to receive adequate prosthetic care and service in Ukraine due to lack of knowledge and exposure to a variety of prosthetic components and rehabilitation
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Tsymbaliuk, Ukraine Prosthetic Assistance Project logistics and operations manager, has become an adviser to the committee (at the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine), responsible for establishing care pathways and opportunities for Ukrainian military amputees. This allowed the Project team
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As a result of the first two missions, the connections between
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Ukraine Prosthetic Assistance Project aims to address the immediate need in Ukraine, as well as brings long term results, providing the opportunity to both Ukrainian specialists and amputees to get better access to a variety of prosthetic components, devices, techniques and really understand the
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During the first mission of the Project, myo-electric upper limb prostheses were introduced and fitted in Ukraine for the first time ever, Ukrainian specialists were introduced to patient-oriented, multidisciplinary approach to amputee care for the first time. and six Ukrainian amputees received
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During the second mission of the Project, more training on fitting myo-electric upper limb prostheses was provided and three Ukrainian specialists from the eastern, central and western parts of Ukraine were officially certified to fit such prostheses. This certification was recognized by the
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In 2014, due to the Russian military intervention in Ukraine, many military and civilians were severely wounded by shelling and landmines. Many lost one or more limbs. The Ukrainian prosthetists and healthcare professionals were not prepared for such high numbers of amputees with war-related
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Most of the funding for the Project comes from donations, fundraising events, grants from partner organizations and donations/discounts by the prosthetics manufacturing companies. The team of foreign specialists normally consists of 6 -10 professionals, who travel to Ukraine as volunteers.
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Ukrainian specialists on fitting complex cases of limb amputations with appropriate prostheses and demonstrated the multidisciplinary approach to patient care, which is only starting to develop in Ukraine. Since the start of the full-scale
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to provide guidance to the Ukrainian ministry on how to better structure amputee services all across Ukraine and ensure transparency of the processes. The Project has claimed to bring systemic changes to the Ukrainian prosthetic industry.
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Between the missions a Canadian prosthetist, Chad Nilson, traveled to Ukraine a number of times as a volunteer to support the local specialists in providing follow-up care to those fitted during the project.
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After weeks of searching, Kumka contacted Jon Batzdorff, an American CPO and President of the American branch of International Society of Prosthetics and Orthotics. Batzdorff runs a non-profit,
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techniques of the Ukrainian specialists. Paying tens of thousands of dollars to send one amputee abroad for fitting was not a sustainable option.
259:"Кабінет Міністрів України - Стартував спільний проект громадських організацій та фондів Канади і США "Проект підтримки протезування в Україні""
315:""Розумні" протези відтепер військові зможуть отримати в Україні ["Smart" prostheses will now be available for veterans in Ukraine]"
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