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A former patient of a Red Cross orthopaedic centre in Kabul, Afghanistan constructs a prosthetic leg

 

Aid from the UK is supporting the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to run a network of seven orthopaedic centres across Afghanistan to assist those affected by mobility disabilities, including hundreds of mine victims. The UK is to help provide 3,800 new artificial limbs and 10,000 crutches for Afghan children and adults disabled during 30 years of conflict and extreme poverty. For more information, please visit: www.dfid.gov.uk/News/Latest-news/2011/UK-helps-Afghan-chi...

 

 

Picture: Kanishka Afshari/FCO/DFID

 

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