Wa, Ghana, March 21, 2025 (AFP) - 'A leg to stand on': Ghana amputee making DIY prosthetics

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2025-03-21

People in Ghana's rural and impoverished north can often get caught in a grim medical catch-22. With few up-to-date facilities, simple injuries can end in amputations -- leaving patients in need of expensive, imported prosthetics. But the people of the north are also a resourceful bunch. Out of a modest workshop in the town of Wa, Simon Yirlieb is offering amputees a lifeline, crafting affordable limbs from locally sourced materials. "I decided t......

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