AAWC Update: Remembering a Year of Progress

 The AAWC would like to thank its members, volunteers, partners, and corporate sponsors for a prosperous 2012. Because of your financial and volunteer support, AAWC has been able to accomplish and provide the following:

    • A 40% increase in membership over the last 18 months;
    • Reduced rates on clinician dues to help ease the financial burdens so many face;
    • Free lifetime memberships for patients and their lay-caregivers;
    • Knowledge and guidance on government and regulatory affairs;
    • Enhanced Corporate Advisory Panel relations;
    • Establishment of the AAWC Speakers Bureau to foster quality wound care;
    • New Patient Education and Resources;
    • Formation of a US-based Volunteer Program — a new arm of our Global Volunteers initiative;
    • An increased focus on the diabetic foot and limb preservation through partnership with the Symposium on Advanced Wound Care (SAWC);
    • Begin development of new evidence-based “guidelines of all guidelines” for wound infection and diabetic foot ulcers;
    • Enhanced website, newsletter, and social media presence.

  As we approach 2013, let’s join together in celebration of what we have accomplished and look forward to what we can continue to achieve together. Not a member? Please join. Find out more at www.aawconline.org.

About AAWC

  As the leader in interdisciplinary wound healing and tissue preservation, the AAWC provides a whole year of valuable membership benefits for healthcare professionals, patients, caregivers, healthcare facilities, and industry. Be sure to join us for near daily alerts and benefit updates on Facebook and LinkedIn.

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