Membership of Federation Internationale des Podologues  (FIP)

FIP is an organisation dedicated to fostering the profession of podiatry worldwide.

It is presently composed of twenty-one countries from five continents.

IPAHK is the representative for Hong Kong in the Federation Internationale des Podologues and is the

first Podiatry association in Asia to become members of FIP. We will use our voice in the international

arena to further promote and represent Podiatry in Hong Kong, and to benefit the Podiatry profession in

Hong Kong by sharing experience and collaborating with other Podiatry associations throughout the world.

IPAHK is also a member of the FIP 'Special Olympics' Committee.

Visit www.fipnet.org  for more details.

Country Representative for 'The International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot' (IWGDF)

Our Chairperson, Ms. Heidi Corcoran, is the joint country representative for Hong Kong for the International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot.

IPAHK has endorsed the 'International Consensus on the Diabetic Foot' and encourages all our members to adopt the 'international best practice standards' for Diabetic foot care.

We look forward to working closer with the IWGDF to further improve the quality of DM foot care in the territory and to continue to reduce the number of amputations which occur in people with Diabetes Mellitus in Hong Kong.