The mission of WAWLC is to work in partnership with communities worldwide to advance sustainable prevention and care  of wounds and lymphoedema in settings with limited resources.

WAWLC objectives:

• To raise awareness of the importance of chronic wounds and lymphoedema, and their economic and social impacts.
• To develop global policy on modern wound and lymphoedema management.
• To support countries to develop the capacity necessary to utilize current knowledge on wound and lymphoedema in the care of patients.
• To contribute to strengthening the health systems in affected countries in order to achieve objective.
• To support research aimed at improving the management of wound and lymphoedema.