Lowering prosthetic costs through 3D technology

It is estimated that globally 65 million people live with limb amputations, according to a study by the African Journal of Disability.

In South Africa, amputee care is a service most cannot afford. Prosthetics can cost anything from 20 000 US dollars to 100 000 US dollars. Sibongile Mongadi is the founder of Ukuhamba Prosthetics, a small business that uses 3D technology to produce low cost prosthetic limbs out of recycled materials such as water bottles. 

She says her gum infection four years ago led her to start the business.

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