The SPOON Chair has the potential to significantly improve the lives of children with cerebral palsy and their families across Africa.

In this episode of Africa Science Focus, we feature an innovative device called the SPOON Chair, designed to improve feeding for children with the movement and posture disease cerebral palsy. 

David Kibirige, who helped develop the device, tells us how the chair was produced and what features are coming next. We also hear from Jacinta Nakazzi, a mother who witnessed firsthand the positive impact of the SPOON Chair on her son with cerebral palsy.

Speech therapist Daniel Seremba emphasizes the importance of proper positioning during feeding for children with disabilities.

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This project was funded by the European Journalism Centre, through the Solutions Journalism Accelerator. The fund is supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation. 

This piece was produced by SciDev.Net’s Sub-Saharan Africa English desk.

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