The Amputee Coalition is partnering with the American Diabetes Association to support the Amputation Prevention Alliance. Complications from diabetes, including peripheral artery disease, increase the risk of amputation. The risk is even more pronounced among communities historically underserved by healthcare in the United States.
“As the nation’s only federally funded organization dedicated to serving the limb loss and limb difference community, the Amputee Coalition is excited to support our community by collaborating with diverse stakeholders to reduce the number of avoidable, diabetes-related amputations that take place every year in the United States,” the announcement said.
“We applaud the American Diabetes Association for developing a meaningful alliance of organizations coming together to address this health crisis that is so disproportionately impacting communities of color,” said Ashlie White, chief programs officer of the Amputee Coalition.
