UAE's surgeon to hold knee surgery camp in Malawi

Dubai’s growing status as a hub for cross-border medical outreach is set to gain further momentum as UAE-based orthopedic surgeon Dr Azam Badar Khan - widely known as “Dr Knee” - prepares to conduct Malawi's first-ever knee surgery camp in January, a milestone expected to reshape orthopedic access in one of the world’s least developed countries.

- Gulf Today, Staff Reporter

The announcement comes less than a year after a mission last December in which Dr Knee evaluated more than 400 patients in just four days across Blantyre and the capital Lilongwe, revealing the scale of untreated knee disorders in a country-one of the world’s least developed with a population of over 21 million people with no dedicated knee surgeon and limited orthopedic infrastructure.

Conditions ranged from severe osteoarthritis to long-neglected injuries, underscoring what Dr Knee called “a silent epidemic of mobility loss” across underserved African communities.