About the AO Alliance
The AO Alliance is a nonprofit, development organization dedicated to strengthening care of the injured in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Our mission is to reduce human suffering, disability, and poverty by implementing programs that enhance local fracture-care capacity for sustainable impact.
We are a catalyst in knowledge development and transfer for trauma and orthopedic care in 24 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and 8 countries in Asia.
We do this by:
- Improving standards of care through fracture management education;
- Recruiting talented individuals to join the AO Alliance network of 350 of healthcare workers; and
- Enabling trained healthcare workers to apply their newly acquired knowledge, attitudes, and skills within their local treatment environments.
Partners
- College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa
- G4 Alliance
- Helse Bergen
- Australian Doctors for Africa
- Cure International
- Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons
- Association Camerounaise pour l’Ostéosynthèse
- Pacific Islands Orthopaedic Association
- Orthopaedic Trauma Association
- Orthopaedic Research Unit at the University of Cape Town
- Northwest Orthopaedic Trauma Alliance for Africa
Website: https://ao-alliance.org
Resources
AO Alliance: Partnering to strengthen care of the injured in low- and middle-income countries https://ao-alliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/AOA_Book_01_20210511_public_portraitcover.pdf
Nonoperative Handbook: https://ao-alliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/ao-alliance-handbook-nonoperative-fracture-treatment-complete.pdf
The Economist Intelligence Unit report: At Breaking Point: Understanding the Impact of Musculoskeletal Injuries in Low- and Middle- Income Countries
Contact
LinkedIn | Claude Martin Jr, Managing Director, cmartin@ao-alliance.org