OADCPH, Organisation Africaine pour le Développement des Centres pour Personnes Handicapées, has been working in Africa for over ten years to facilitate access to assistive products for a greater number of disabled people. Find out more.
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SYNSYS by PROTEOR is a unique system that allows coordination between the movements of the ankle and those of the knee in extension of the hip. A system designed to facilitate everyday situations and provide a certain autonomy and serenity;
Beytullah lost his lower leg in an accident at work in 2012. In order to be able to continue training for football, he was looking for a socket that would fit him well and allow him to feel safe while running and sprinting on the football field. Beytullah is experienced in both conventional and digital process and appreciates the clean and fast process of MyFit TT digital design.
The 3D-printed MyFit TT socket, combined with its end-to-end process, makes it easy to start digital workflows, providing a seamless and fast process.
According to the WHO World Report on Disability, more than 1 billion people live with a disability and by 2030 this number is expected to increase to 2 billion people who will require assistive technology. 80% of people with disabilities live in low- and middle-income countries, particularly in Africa, yet access to technical aids is more difficult there, mainly due to a lack of financial resources.
Indeed, most of those who need devices in Africa do not have the means to benefit from rehabilitation care or to purchase devices.
OBJECTIVE
The objective of this project is to reduce inequalities in access to technical aids in Africa by providing rehabilitation centers and professionals with recycled components and medical equipment for the care of the most vulnerable people with disabilities. By achieving this goal, we contribute to the reduction of the disability rate in Africa.
DURATION OF THE PROJECT: 2017
PARTNERS
OADCPH’s central purchasing office
HI
Alcura
Penta Group
SM Europe
Couple TAVERNIER
Always keep your back straight, avoid static postures. Over 4 hours maximum,
change postures, do stretches in the opposite direction of your usual activities.
The back school is the best place to understand that the back must be kept straight regardless of the activities. It is important to understand that after any treatment for low back pain, back school remains a life habit to be maintained to avoid recurrence, complications and lifelong pain. To better learn and improve your condition, you can consult a physical therapist for a more important and long term follow-up.
CASE STUDY 7: AFRICAN ORGANISATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF CENTRES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES (OADCPH)
OADCPH is a Togolese non-profit regional distributor that links international manufacturers with providers in Africa. OADCPH provides a network of 80 members in 30 African countries, including public and private rehabilitation centers, individual prosthetists/orthotists, NGOs, faith-based organizations and governments.
The annual fee is $80 and members must sign an ethical charter committing them to sustainable and affordable margins. OADCPH members benefit from negotiated rates based on high-volume orders placed with a pool of international suppliers. OADCPH has a 600 square meter warehouse to hold inventory and can deliver components to many countries in as little as 24 hours.
Because of its reputation and access to prosthetists/orthotists in Africa, OADCPH has been able to negotiate financing for its working capital needs with suppliers, offering extended payment terms to buyers in return. OADCPH also disseminates information about suppliers’ products to its members to enable more informed decisions regarding product selection and purchasing. OADCPH is currently piloting a project to 3D print
3D printing of orthotics with HI that aims to provide members in the region with orthotic components made from a central 3D printer located in its warehouse. OADCPH has also established a regional training center that offers a variety of training programs for prosthetists/orthotists and other rehabilitation professionals in technical skills, service unit management and administrative and professional development.
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ATIF is collaborating with OADCPH to digitize logistics and distribution operations, and to test and replicate its entire model in Eastern and Southern Africa, setting up operations through a distribution center in Kenya.
The African Organization for the Development of Centers for Persons with Disabilities (OADCPH) facilitates access to quality AT and services through a low-cost distribution model, capacity building for rehabilitation professionals, and technical support to rehabilitation centers in Africa.
The COVID-19 pandemic is the global health crisis of our time and the greatest challenge we have faced since World War II. Since its emergence last year in Asia, the virus has spread around the world. Cases are increasing daily in Africa, America, and Europe. And there are many discussions going on in different parts of the world to find safe ways to protect and reduce the spread of the virus.
The health sector in this pandemic is the most exposed because of their close contact with patients and it is essential to think about a real barrier of protection to allow them to continue to fly to the rescue of populations.
The virus is transmitted mainly by respiratory route and by close contact with a person or directly from contaminated surfaces. Respiratory transmission occurs in the droplets of saliva expelled by the patient, for example when he coughs or sneezes. Scientists estimate that this requires a contact distance (about one meter). However, it is difficult for a health worker to stand within one meter of a patient he or she is called upon to touch and examine. Therefore, solutions should be considered to prevent the virus from being sprayed in the face of health workers when the patient happens to cough or sneeze. Masks have been and continue to be successful, but they do not cover the entire face.
Also, in West Africa, at the initiative of the Technical Direction of Humanity & Inclusion and Jérôme CANICAVE (Consultant in Prostheses and Orthoses), the African Organization for the Development of Centers for Persons with Disabilities (OADPCH), in partnership with the Ecole Nationale des Auxiliaires Médicaux de Lomé (ENAM-L) have thought and proceeded to the manufacture of prototypes of protective visors and masks for health personnel in general, and in particular for rehabilitation professionals in order to protect themselves and their patients. In the words of Dr. Gusmini, “It is very reassuring for the nursing staff because it avoids any projection at the level of the eyes, the skin and the mouth, and it also avoids us to carry our hands to the face” (https://www.franceinter.fr/societe/covid-19-l-imprimante-3d-a-la-rescousse).
Of course, these visors are mainly protective screens and barriers against coughing and spitting, they do not replace the mask in any way. They are in addition to all other barrier measures defined and published by the WHO and should not be used as a substitute for all other barrier measures.
These protective visors can obviously be used in all sectors of activity where contact between people cannot be avoided, and why not to any person who in his personal activities should come into contact with someone else.
OBJECTIVE
The objective of this project is to participate in the global synergy in the fight against Covid19 by designing, manufacturing and making available to health professionals in general and to rehabilitation professionals protective visors and masks against Covid19, in the French-speaking area of West Africa, and by sharing recommendations specific to rehabilitation centers in the area concerned.
This project also values the unique and often poorly known and under-used skills of rehabilitation center professionals; although their activity is reduced or stopped during the Covid-19 episode, they will nevertheless remain active for the benefit of their health colleagues and the population; they will thus be prepared and equipped to ensure the post-acute care of Covid-19 patients according to WHO guidelines currently being developed with the support of HI.
DURÉE DU PROJET : 2017 –
PARTENAIRES
Centrale d’achats de OADCPH
HI
Alcura
Penta Group
SM Europe
REHABILITATION CENTERS’ CONTRIBUTION TO THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID19
NOVEMBER 29, 2021 BY OADCPH
VISORS OF PROTECTION PROJECT FOR WEST AFRICAN COUNTRIES19
BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE
The COVID-19 pandemic is the global health crisis of our time and the greatest challenge we have faced since World War II. Since its emergence last year in Asia, the virus has spread around the world. Cases are increasing daily in Africa, America, and Europe. And there are many discussions going on in different parts of the world to find safe ways to protect and reduce the spread of the virus.
The health sector in this pandemic is the most exposed because of their close contact with patients and it is essential to think about a real barrier of protection to allow them to continue to fly to the rescue of populations.
The virus is transmitted mainly by respiratory route and by close contact with a person or directly from contaminated surfaces. Respiratory transmission occurs in the droplets of saliva expelled by the patient, for example when he coughs or sneezes. Scientists estimate that this requires a contact distance (about one meter). However, it is difficult for a health worker to stand within one meter of a patient he or she is called upon to touch and examine. Therefore, solutions should be considered to prevent the virus from being sprayed in the face of health workers when the patient happens to cough or sneeze. Masks have been and continue to be successful, but they do not cover the entire face.
Also, in West Africa, at the initiative of the Technical Direction of Humanity & Inclusion and Jérôme CANICAVE (Consultant in Prostheses and Orthoses), the African Organization for the Development of Centers for Persons with Disabilities (OADPCH), in partnership with the Ecole Nationale des Auxiliaires Médicaux de Lomé (ENAM-L) have thought and proceeded to the manufacture of prototypes of protective visors and masks for health personnel in general, and in particular for rehabilitation professionals in order to protect themselves and their patients. In the words of Dr. Gusmini, “It is very reassuring for the nursing staff because it avoids any projection at the level of the eyes, the skin and the mouth, and it also avoids us to carry our hands to the face” (https://www.franceinter.fr/societe/covid-19-l-imprimante-3d-a-la-rescousse).
Of course, these visors are mainly protective screens and barriers against coughing and spitting, they do not replace the mask in any way. They are in addition to all other barrier measures defined and published by the WHO and should not be used as a substitute for all other barrier measures.
These protective visors can obviously be used in all sectors of activity where contact between people cannot be avoided, and why not to any person who in his personal activities should come into contact with someone else.
To compensate for the lack of protective masks for health personnel, 3D printed masks that are easy to disinfect and reusable can be used.
OBJECTIVE
The objective of this project is to participate in the global synergy in the fight against Covid19 by designing, manufacturing and making available to health professionals in general and to rehabilitation professionals protective visors and masks against Covid19, in the French-speaking area of West Africa, and by sharing recommendations specific to rehabilitation centers in the area concerned.
This project also values the unique and often poorly known and under-used skills of rehabilitation center professionals; although their activity is reduced or stopped during the Covid-19 episode, they will nevertheless remain active for the benefit of their health colleagues and the population; they will thus be prepared and equipped to ensure the post-acute care of Covid-19 patients according to WHO guidelines currently being developed with the support of HI.
More specifically, it is about :
STANDARD of a production model kit
Provide prototypes manufactured by OADCPH and ENAM-L to the rehabilitation centers in the concerned area
TRAINING & MATERIALS for deployment of the standard
Showing the centers the easy manufacturing process of the protective visors
Integrating advice to the organization of production, with strict compliance with barrier measures,
Provide rehabilitation centers with 3D printed protective masks
To provide the centers with the material for the production of the protective visors
Provision of posters and work organization instructions
QUALITY ASSURANCE
Monitor the production and distribution of protective visors and masks
Set up a feedback system to continuously improve the standard kit
Duration : February 2019-
Region: West Africa / OADCPH member countries
Partners
National School of Medical Assistants (ENAM) – Faculty of Medicine – Togo
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Handicap International-Humanity & Inclusion (HI)
CONTEXT AND JUSTIFICATION
In Africa, thousands of people with disabilities do not have access to a prosthesis, while in other countries thousands of prostheses are thrown away every year. In order to give a second life to these prostheses, they are recovered and refurbished in the recycling workshop called Poudrette of Handicap International (Humanity Inclusion) before being recovered by OADCPH to be distributed throughout Africa.
The objective of this project is to help in the management of the patients who do not have the means to do so.
OADCPH
HI
IRMA
SLP
AQUALEG
