Healthcare facilities in low-resource settings in Sub-Saharan Africa are plagued with issues
of non-functional and obsolete medical devices, which ultimately end up prematurely …

Background The impact of upper limb absence on people's lived experiences is
understudied, particularly in African countries, with implications for policy and service …

Globally, the most popular upper-limb prostheses are powered by the human body. For body-
powered (BP) upper-limb prostheses, control is provided by changing the tension of …

Purpose To investigate the practices of repair that exist for users of mobility assistive
products in low resource settings, as well as the psychosocial impact that the repair, or non …

There is a widely reported yet poorly understood preponderance of major limb loss in
Northern Uganda, caused in large part by prolonged civil war. Access to rehabilitation …

Purpose Low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs) have a large burden of major limb loss.
No recent study has reported on Uganda's state of public sector prosthetics services. This …

The most widely-used active upper-limb (UL) prostheses worldwide are body-powered (BP),
which is a two-century-old technology. Despite their affordability and functional benefits to …

Using a shoulder harness and control cable, a person can control the opening and closing
of a body-powered prosthesis prehensor. In many setups the cable does not pass adjacent …

Meeting the needs of persons with upper limb loss in Uganda requires an understanding of
the needs and desires of the local population. The limitations of resources and accessibility …

Background Low-and middle-income countries bear a disproportionate amount of the global
burden of disease from emergency conditions. To improve the provision of emergency care …