Interplast now in 25 countries

“Interplast” is an Australian and New Zealand combined program that for the past 30 years has been sending volunteer teams of fully qualified, plastic and reconstructive surgeons, anaesthetists, nurses and allied health professionals to developing countries in the Asia Pacific region to facilitate surgical treatment and training to local medical personnel.

The recipients of the surgery are most often children with congenital conditions such as cleft lip or palate or have strawberry mark or suffered burns or similar disfigurement. District 9930 were involved in sending a team to Vanuatu 3 years ago which delivered over a 100 procedures.

Interplast has worked in 25 developing countries, implemented over 500 surgical and training program activities, sent over 600 volunteers,

enabled over 32,000 consultations, performed over 21,000 life-changing procedures and trained countless medical staff. Rotarians have been part of the Interplast story from the beginning and continue to play an integral role.