Afghan Embassy Hosts Joint Meeting For Start Of Partnership Between Oslo Metropolitan & Kabul Medical Universities.
On May 26th, the Embassy of Afghanistan in Oslo organized a joint meeting with Oslo Metropolitan University and Kabul Medical University. The purpose of the meeting was the start of long-term collaboration between the Faculty of Health Science, Orthopedics and Orthotics and Kabul Medical University in the area of research on and production of prosthetics in order to meet the needs of disabled persons in Afghanistan.
The significantly high number of disabled persons in Afghanistan is one of the results of the four-decade conflict, which has left millions of civilians maimed and wounded with physical disabilities resulting from landmines, attacks, including IEDs, other explosive devices as well as disease. The proposed initiative for joint collaboration between Kabul Medical University and OsloMet University is aimed at strengthening national programs and capacity of th