Prosthetic Outreach Missions in Uganda
Duration: July 2024 – August 2025
Location: Uganda (Karamoja, Kibaale, Bududa, Bukedea Districts)
Beneficiaries: 49 amputees directly supported with prosthetic devices, plus their families and communities as indirect beneficiaries
Area of intervention: Prosthetic outreach and physical rehabilitation
Partner: Nkolo Orthopaedics Rehabilitation Center and local health facilities
Between July 2024 and August 2025, SwissABILITY conducted four targeted prosthetic outreach missions across Uganda. These missions focused on reaching amputees in vulnerable and underserved regions, where access to rehabilitation services remains extremely limited.
Each outreach combined assessment, prosthetic fitting, user training, and handover, with local follow-up where possible. By donating and fitting prosthetic devices, we restored not only mobility but also independence and dignity for dozens of people living with limb loss.
Mission Highlights
1. Karamoja (Northern Region) – July 2024
Fitted 14 prosthetic devices:
12 Monolimb transtibial prostheses
1 Transfemoral prosthesis
1 Symes prosthesis
2. Kibaale (Western Region) – 9–16 August 2025 (8 days)
Fitted 19 prosthetic legs for 18 amputees:
4 Monolimb transtibial prostheses
1 Modular transtibial prosthesis
3 Through-knee prostheses
1 Orthoprosthesis
- 10 Transfemoral prostheses
3. Bududa (Eastern Region) – 23 July–2 August 2025 (11 days)
Fitted 10 prosthetic legs for 10 amputees:
2 Through-knee prostheses
4 Transfemoral prostheses
4 Monolimb transtibial prostheses
Additionally, fitted 1 orthoprosthesis for 1 patient
4. Bukedea (Teso / Mid-Eastern Region) – 10–16 February 2025 (7 days)
Fitted 11 prosthetic legs for 10 amputees:
2 Transfemoral prostheses
2 Through-knee prostheses
7 other devices tailored to patient needs
Impact
In total, 49 amputees across four regions of Uganda received life-changing prosthetic devices during these missions. For each individual, these prostheses mean the chance to walk again, return to work, participate in their community, and live with renewed dignity.
The missions also strengthened collaboration with local orthopedic teams, ensuring skills transfer and continuity of care for patients in the months that follow.
