INTERNATIONAL PLASTIC SURGERY AND HAND SURGERY FOR DEVELOPING AND CRISIS COUNTRIES
The INTERPLAST surgical teams consist of experienced plastic surgeons, hand surgeons, anesthesiologists, anesthesia and surgical nurses, as well as occupational therapists who volunteer their vacation time and operate in developing countries completely free of charge.
Medications, surgical instruments, and all surgical materials (implants, plates, bandages, etc.) brought by the teams, as well as the teams' transportation and accommodation costs, are financed by donations.
WE LEND OUR AID TO THE POOREST IN THE WORLD
All over the world, people suffer from diseases leaving bad scars and
disfigurement. Accidents involving burns or animal bites are also very common. Children in particular suffer from this and often have to struggle with it their whole lives.
In many crisis areas, people become victims of violent conflicts. Especially for children, these assaults are traumatizing and without any appropriate treatment,
normal life is impossible.
Doctors from INTERPLAST go to crisis areas free of charge in their free time to operate and treat people in need. In this way, children can be helped to live a life
of dignity that would otherwise be denied to them.
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Without your support we wouldn’t be able to carry out our missions.
ACTIVE LOCATIONS
INTERPLAST Switzerland is active in the following locations:
- Burkina-Faso
- Cameroon
- Ghana
- Mali
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Palestine*
(Westbank) - Uganda
* currently not feasible
PAST LOCATIONS
INTERPLAST Switzerland used to work in the following places, but doesn't anymore because of political, safety, or organisational changes.
- Ethiopia
- Guinea-Bissau
- Jordan
- Palestine (Gaza)
- Rwanda
- Sierra Leone
- Tanzania
- Tajikistan
MISSION REPORTS
Ghana, January 2026
St. Joseph Hospital in Koforidua, Ghana 01/2026
Interplast Switzerland kicked off the new year with a two-week medical mission at St. Joseph Hospital in Koforidua, Ghana, during which 29 operations and 56 consultations were carried out. Despite organisational challenges, power cuts and cultural differences – such as prior treatment by local traditional healers – many patients received lasting help. The mission was characterised by great team spirit, a growing partnership with the local hospital and deep gratitude on both sides.
Learn more in the mission report.
Burkina Faso, December 2025
Centre Hospitalier Medico-Chirurgical Sédogo from 05.10.2025 to 13.10.2025.
With great dedication and a high level of professional expertise, Interplast Switzerland carried out another successful humanitarian hand surgery mission at the Clinique Chirurgicale Dr. Sédogo in Léo, Burkina Faso. The focus was on surgical treatment of malpositions, loss of function and chronic pain in the hand and upper extremities – as a result of burns, infections, fractures, congenital malformations or chronic diseases.
Morocco, November 2025
Africa Recon Network, Rabat, Morocco, 30 October 2025 to 2 November 2025
In the name of science and sustainability in the field of reconstructive surgery for breast cancer, a congress was held for the first time in Rabat, Morocco, attended by numerous surgeons from Africa. Interplast Switzerland is both a co-founder and a speaker at the event.
NEWS
2025 Annual Review
The year is slowly drawing to a close and the president of Interplast Switzerland would like to address all members, supporters, donors and anyone who would like to become one. We would like to express our sincere thanks for your support and wish you all a peaceful end to the year.
Rotary Club Toggenburg
Interplast Switzerland would like to express its sincere gratitude for the generous donation from the Rotary Club Thurgau!
75th anniversary Rotary Club Toggenburg: Benefit concert with Vivaldi's 4 Seasons
The Four Seasons Antonio Vivaldi's most famous work is probably “The Four Seasons”. The composer, himself a master violinist, combined four violin concertos - each concerto describes a season.
In the program, Vivaldi's “Four Seasons” will be embedded between the composer's read sonnets and the preparatory and follow-up sounds of the Duo Hnatek - Ostendarp. The result is a new whole, a melodramatic, both poetic and intensely experienced passage through the year, reflected in the sonic present, by two musicians who are firmly established on the Swiss contemporary music and jazz scene.
All proceeds from the benefit concert will go to the two projects b-treff and Interplast Switzerland.
Are you interested? Then you can find all further information and tickets here: Rotary Club Toggenburg, Benefizkonzert