There are approximately one million cases of spina bifida and hydrocephalus worldwide every year. Despite the continuous advances in medicine, comparatively little is known about these congenital disabilities, which cannot be cured. The goal of World Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Day (WSBHD) is to raise awareness and understanding of the disease as well as to promote the rights of persons living with these conditions.

Liquick Base is an intermittent single-use catheter with hydrophilic coating – for a comfortable catheterization. Teleflex has published a summary of a third-party study of patients using the Liquick Base catheter with an Ergothan tip (Gamé X, Gania L, Perrouin-Verbe B, et al.).

From 6th Nov to 8th Nov, the BAUN Annual Conference 2022, will take place at the EICC Edinburgh and is one of the most important exhibitions in the urology health sector. 2022 marks the return of Teleflex to the exhibition after the difficult period that we have all been through in the last 2 years.

Water sports at SailWise is much more than just enjoying the water. By being active, everyone with a disability, limitation or chronic illness can once more experience the feeling of independence, self-esteem and independence. Personal development, pushing boundaries and self-direction are the keywords here. You aren’t obliged to do anything, but anything you do want to do is possible! SailWise participants agree: SailWise lets you rise above yourself and makes you forget your limitation. Also, this year there was another SailWise sailing week supported by Teleflex Urology Care.

In September, after a long wait, Teleflex Urology Care was the proud sponsor of the charity Access Adventures. Access Adventures is a registered charity delivering life-changing adaptive sports & activities. The events are designed to challenge expectations and build self-confidence for people with disabilities. The Teleflex Urology Care UK team attended the Water Ski event at Heron Lake, Staines, as part of the partnership.

The Wheelchair Skills Day is going into a second round in Germany. Under the motto "Mobility Training meets Action Sports", DRS Rollikids and MTV Stuttgart invite wheelchair users of all ages with their families and friends to Stuttgart this year. Teleflex Urology Care has been a partner of the DRS children's and youth sports department for many years and is pleased to be involved again this year.

This year's two Anna Schaffelhuber Limitless Camps for young people with and without disabilities took place in Burghausen in August and September. The event series is named after Anna Schaffelhuber, former world-class para-athlete and Olympic champion. In recent years, Teleflex has been a partner of the event series, which focuses on inclusion and personality development. The following report of the event organiser Y.E.S. Sportmarketing offers a glimpse into the exciting and versatile activities of the Limitless Camps.

At Teleflex, we believe that Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is integral to living our Core Values and meeting our strategic and commercial objectives. CSR encompasses our aspirations as a company as well as the practical ways we address evolving Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) standards to identify and quantify our sustainability and societal impact.

We would like to draw your attention to the fact you can register on the homepage of our shipping partner UPS to find out in the future about all parcel shipments sent to you by us. You can also use your UPS My Choice account to postpone delivery to another day or, if necessary, have the parcel delivered to another address. This always gives you full control over your Teleflex parcel shipments.