Our Ugandan team’s focus is multidisciplinary approach to health systems strengthening particularly medical devices. The overall head is Dr Erisa Mwaka, a senior lecturer at Makerere University and an orthopaedic surgeon. The team has plenty of Biomedical Engineers lead by Dr Robert Ssekitoleko. We have a Biomedical Engineering research assistant, Brenda Nakandi and two PhD […]
A blog post by Dr Alix Chadwell on her experiences with the Fit-4-Purpose project and the restrictions of prosthesis control harnesses.
I can’t believe that the Fit-4-Purpose project has been going now for almost two years! Straight after my PhD with the Salford team, I joined the project in February 2018 as a Postdoctoral Researcher, with a background in Medical Engineering and Upper-limb prosthetics and I have been involved with various parts of the project ever […]
Dr. Dafne Zuleima Morgado on the 17th ISPO Congress held in Japan
The 17th International Society of Prosthetics Congress was held in Kobe, Japan in October 2019. I attended and gave two presentations related to the work taking place in Uganda and Jordan. The theme was “Basics to Bionics”. My favourite sessions were related to outcome measures, developing countries, psychosocial issues, quality of life, prosthetics upper limb […]
A Post By Nedaa Elayan
I am a prosthetics and orthotics graduate, currently working at the University of Jordan with Dr. Mohammad Sobuh as a research assistant on the Fit4Purpose project. In this project, we are collaborating with our partners from the UCL, University of Southampton, University of Portsmouth, University of Salford and Makerere University (Uganda). In order to make […]
A Blog by Alex Rigby and Matt Pearson- Our Recent Trip to Uganda
One of the key elements of the Fit 4 Purpose project is that any upper limb prosthesis that is developed is able to be manufactured from locally sourced materials in LMICs where possible. This approach has a number of significant potential benefits over relying on imported materials and components. Locally sourced materials should in principle […]
A Post By Dr. Catherine Holloway
I am the Academic Director of the Global Disability Innovation Hub (https://www.disabilityinnovation.com) which was founded on the back of the London 2012 Paralympic Games – the most successful in the history of the Games. My role in Fit for Purpose is to explore user experiences and develop better prosthetic interfaces, including activity monitoring sensing. I […]
