IfeanHealth and Amparo Partner to Improve Prosthetic Care in Nigeria

Nigerian healthcare provider IfeanHealth has entered an exclusive partnership with Portugal-based Amparo Technologies to introduce mobile prosthetic care, Business News Nigeria reported. THISDAYLIVE also reported that the initiative offers faster care for amputees using remouldable socket technology. The program aims to address severe delays, high costs, and repeated hospital travel for patients seeking functional artificial limbs. [1][2][3]

Data from IfeanHealth shows that roughly 2.6 million Nigerians are living with amputations, with up to 200,000 new amputations taking place each year, Business News Nigeria reported. International clinicians provided training on the new remouldable technology at the Lagos head office of IfeanHealth on Tuesday. [1]

As HEROIC BREAKING NEWS reported earlier, IfeanHealth collaborated with Amparo to deploy mobile fabrication technology in Nigeria, allowing clinicians to build and fit prosthetics with fewer clinic visits. Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa, with Lagos serving as its largest metropolitan area. [4][6]

Amputation is the surgical or traumatic removal of a body limb to control disease, manage pain, or address severe injuries. The partnership between IfeanHealth and Amparo aims to streamline prosthetic delivery and widen access to functional rehabilitation across the country. [1][5]