Above Knee Prosthetic

Affordable Limbs for All (ALFA) Kenya

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Why did Mend Start the ALFA Prosthetic Workshop in Kenya? Most Kenyan prosthetic workshops are not actively fitting quality, modern limbs that local people can afford to buy. The few centres that do make prostheses, such as PCEA in Nairobi offer ICRC( Red Cross) limbs at $500 US per Above Knee limb ( AK), and … Read more

Living with a Seeping Wound in a Small Ugandan Village

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Seeping wound osteomyelitis

Living in Dirt with a Seeping Wound I saw a most sad sight today in a village of Uganda. A woman of 20 who I thought was a girl of 12 living in a very dirty house. She has osteomyelitis, which is infection of the bone, and a seeping leg wound…   It took us … Read more