How do we truly measure recovery?
Stitches healed and dignity restored.
Mobility regained and belonging ensured.
📰 A new commentary in the World Journal of Surgery highlights a groundbreaking study in Tanzania.
Patients received reconstructive surgery for burns and congenital conditions — and were followed for an entire year to understand the real impact on their lives.
The method
Simple, culturally adapted questions on exclusion, discrimination, and quality of life.
The results
Powerful — lives transformed, hope regained.
Here is the real question 👇
🔍 Are we setting the same standards for everyone, or are we still simplifying the lived experiences of those in low-resource settings?
📣 This article is a call to raise the bar.
Reconstructive surgical missions are more than quick fixes. They have the power to be ethical, inclusive, and long-term oriented.
✅ Together, we can design better tools, built with communities and shaped by their voices.
Because every life — everywhere — deserves the same depth of care.
👉 Together, we rebuild lives.
We train. We treat. We advocate.
