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Optima Hand Sanitizer

Optima Hand Sanitizer

Healthcare-associated infection is a major problem for patient safety and pervades nearly all healthcare facilities and systems around the world. Failure to perform appropriate hand hygiene is considered the leading cause of HCAI and spreading multi-resistant organisms. Its prevention must be a first priority in all neonatal care settings. Optima is a next-generation hand sanitizer that provides proven prevention against a wide range of microorganisms.

The Optima hand sanitizer kit includes:

-Supply of 400ml bottles of concentrated hand sanitizer -7L mixing container -Alcohol meter -Blender for mixing the alcohol with the concentrate -Supply of 400ml dispenser bottles.

The kit also provides bed and wall hangers to hang the dispensers on all baby beds and key locations, such as the entrance of the unit and the hand-washing area. The 70% alcohol solution is not provided as part of the kit.

MTTS Infant Bed

MTTS Infant Bed

In order to create an optimal environment for taking care of newborn babies, MTTS has developed the Infant Bed to help health workers easily care for and transfer babies inside of medical facilities. The latest version of the Infant Bed includes medical, technical and aesthetic standards that create a comfortable environment for both health workers and babies. All the components of the bed are made from materials that are durable and meet medical standards.

The Infant Bed is made from stainless steel (inox 304) that ensures long-lasting durability. The IV pole is adjustable from 0-15 degrees. The bassinet and the storage tray are removable for easy cleaning.

MTTS Infant Warmer

MTTS Infant Warmer

As babies leave the warmth of the mother’s womb for the much cooler environment of the delivery room, those with limited metabolic capacity due to illness, prematurity or low birthweight are susceptible to experiencing thermal instability. MTTS provides a technologically advanced Warmer to restore, stabilize and control the temperature of the newborn baby.

Focusing on enhanced functionality and clinical performance, the Infant Warmer features safe, automatic control of patient temperature. The MTTS Infant Warmer features smart problem detection, safety fallback modes, and LCD displays that show set temperature, temperature alarm, treatment time, total usage time and heater power level. Moreover, the easy-to-open sidewalls provide access to the patient while keeping them warm and creating an ergonomic setting where caregivers can work efficiently.

V3000 Phototherapy

V3000 Phototherapy

Phototherapy is the most common treatment for reducing high bilirubin levels that cause jaundice in newborns. The V3000 is a low-cost and compact-overhead phototherapy unit that provides high-intensity light for treating hyperbilirubinemia. It features long-lasting LED lights, increased surface area, high spectral irradiance, an intuitive control panel, compact size, and flexible mounting options to help ensure effective patient dosage and prompt results.

The V3000 was designed to be used in combination with the MTTS Warmer, but can be placed over any other bed or incubator to deliver effective phototherapy treatment while supporting developmental care. The light unit angle can be adjusted to ensure that the patient is exposed to the LED light and the phototherapy device does not block the baby’s exposure to heat.

Lightmeter

Lightmeter

The MTTS Lightmeter provides precise measurement of the intensity of the blue light spectrum that is necessary to treat jaundice in infants. This measurement allows health professionals to ensure phototherapy units are working correctly, and determine when a phototherapy device, or its bulb, needs to be replaced.

The Lightmeter was developed for use with the MTTS Firefly and MTTS Overhead Phototherapy V3000, but it can be used for any phototherapy unit with LEDs, fluorescent bulbs or compact bulbs. When measuring a single-sided phototherapy machine, the Lightmeter will measure the light using the front sensor. When measuring a double-sided phototherapy, the MTTS Lightmeter reads the intensity from both sides, using the sensors on the front and back of the device. It then displays the sum of the values from each side.

Dolphin CPAP

Dolphin CPAP

Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy supports the airways of pre-term and low-birth weight newborns, who can breathe spontaneously but inadequately. It is a comfortable alternative to relatively invasive therapies, endotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation.

The Dolphin system is designed to protect compromised airways, enhancing patient comfort and optimizing infant outcomes. Its continuous gentle pressure of air decreases the baby’s work of breathing by keeping the alveoli of the lungs open, which allows efficient capillary exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide to take place. This helps establish and maintain functional residual capacity, prevents collapse and upper airway obstruction. The Dolphin CPAP also reduces apnea, bradycardia and cyanotic episodes.

100% reusable and cleanable, no disposable parts. Complete all-in-one CPAP treatment and monitoring device. Integrated design includes gas mixing, humidification, PEEP chamber, air compressor and pulse-oximiter in one compact unit.

The Dolphin bubble CPAP features electronic mixing for easy, independent adjustment of flow rate and FiO2. It also combines a compact, quiet, and easy-to-operate technology with precise control of gas flow delivery and oxygen concentration. For added patient safety, the Dolphin incorporates a full complement of alarms.

CPAP V3

CPAP V3

Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy supports the airways of pre-term and low-birth weight newborns, who can breathe spontaneously but inadequately. It is a comfortable alternative to relatively invasive therapies, such as endotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation.

The CPAP V3 system is designed to protect compromised airways, enhancing patient comfort and optimizing infant outcomes. Its continuous gentle pressure of air decreases the baby’s work of breathing by keeping the alveoli of the lungs open, which enables efficient capillary exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide to take place. This also helps establish and maintain functional residual capacity, while preventing collapse and upper airway obstruction. The CPAP V3 also reduces apnea, bradycardia and cyanotic episodes.

The CPAP V3 provides a noninvasive, clinically effective and safe therapy to treat newborns and infants with respiratory distress syndrome and other common respiratory pathologies. It accurately mixes air with oxygen, adds humidity to the gas mixture, and then delivers it to the patient at precisely-controlled flow rate.

100% reusable and cleanable, no disposable parts. Cost effective. Easy installation and maintenance. Includes gas mixing, humidification, PEEP chamber, air compressor in one unit. Includes user manual and training video.

HemoLink

HemoLink

The HemoLink is an-at home device for self-collection of blood samples. The HemoLink collects enough blood for a broad range of diagnostic applications. Using no needles for skin pricking, the product is simply placed onto the skin of the arm or abdomen for two minutes. HemoLink is designed as a low-cost, disposable device made from as few as six injection-molded plastic parts.

Inside of the device is a vacuum, which enables a small sample of blood to be drawn from tiny open channels into a small tube through a process known as capillary action. This process is made possible by forces that dictate the flow of tiny fluid streams, even against gravity. The device can draw around 0.15 cubic centimeters of blood, which is enough to test for things like cholesterol, infections, cancer cells and blood sugar, before being mailed off to a lab for analysis.

Clean Delivery Kit

Clean Delivery Kit

Items contained in Breath of Life Haiti Clean Delivery Kits reflect the World Health Organization’s six principles of cleanliness for birth including, (1) clean hands, (2) clean delivery surface, (3) clean perineum, (4) clean cord cutting instrument, (5) clean cord ties, and (6) clean cord care of the newborn baby.

All of the disposable kits are pre-packaged for individual use, ensuring that each kit contains clean and essential items for a hygienic delivery.

All Clean Delivery Kits Include:

  • Chux Pads/Absorbant Under Pads
  • 1 Bar of Antibacterial Soap
  • 1 Washcloth
  • 1 Sterile, Surgical Blade #10
  • 2 2″ Cotton Strings
  • 2 Pairs of Latex-Free Medium Gloves
  • 3 4×4 Gauze Pads
  • 3 Alcohol Pads
  • Ibuprofen (20 count)

Each Clean Delivery Kit costs approximately $2 USD.

Busse Obstetrical Kit

Busse Obstetrical Kit

The Busse Obstetric Kit is a complete disposable obstetric kit made available in either a cardboard box or soft pouch packaging. Each kit contains essential equipment to provide for hygienic delivery conditions.

Each kit includes:

  • One pair sterile exam gloves
  • One disposable plastic apron
  • One 17" x 24" under-pad
  • One 23" x 36" receiving blanket
  • One 48" x 36" drape sheet
  • Four absorbent towels
  • Two O.B. towelettes
  • Four sterile 4" x 3" cover sponges
  • One sterile #10 scalpel
  • One sterile O.B. pad
  • One sterile 2 oz. bulb syringe
  • Two alcohol prep pads
  • Two sterile Posi-Grip™ umbilical cord clamps
  • One clear polybag with tie
  • One white polybag with tie

Each kit costs approximately $12 USD if purchased individually. Contact the solution provider for information on bulk pricing.

PSI Clean Delivery Kit

PSI Clean Delivery Kit

In developing countries, many women have no access to maternity services due to distance to health facilities, cost for medical services and products and local customs, often resulting in unhygienic delivery conditions that increase rates of infant and maternal tetanus and other life-threatening infections.

To make delivery safer by preventing infection, PSI offers clean delivery kits in multiple countries and regions.

A clean delivery kit provides the necessary tools and instructions to achieve the World Health Organization’s “Five Cleans” throughout the birthing process:

  1. Clean hands. Wash hands with clean water and soap, once before delivery and once before cord cutting.
  2. Clean delivery surface. A plastic sheet for mothers to lie upon during delivery maintains a clean birth canal and perineum, and protects the newborn from potential sources of infection.
  3. Clean cord cut. A new razor blade in its original packing is sterile and can prevent the transmission of tetanus-causing spores and other pathogenic organisms via the umbilicus to the infant.
  4. Clean cord ties. Additionally, the use of clean thread or narrow tape to tightly tie the umbilicus helps keep the stump healthy.
  5. Clean cord stump care. Applying antiseptic such as chlorhexidine to the cord stump to prevent infection is the best care.

Where permitted by local regulations, PSI clean delivery kits may also include:

  • The antiseptic chlorhexidine for newborn skin washing and umbilical cord cleaning. Chlorhexidine has been shown to reduce newborn deaths by as much as 23 percent when applied within the first 24 hours of birth.
  • Misoprostol pills. A uterotonic drug which contracts the uterus, these pills can help to prevent excessive bleeding. Excessive bleeding after delivery, called postpartum hemorrhage, is the single biggest direct cause of maternal deaths – more than 220 women die of it every day.

Misoprostol taken immediately after delivery significantly decreases a woman’s risk of postpartum hemorrhage and does not require refrigeration or injection, making it possible for a woman to take it after a home delivery without a trained attendant.

Maternova Full Obstetric Carry-On

Maternova Full Obstetric Carry-On

The Maternova Full Obstetric Carry-On is designed for use by community health workers, traveling midwives and nurses. The kit contains both disposable and reusable tools to provide a safe and clean birthing environment, and to respond to complications that may arise before, during or after delivery. All items are contained in a backpack or duffel bag for easy transportation.

The obstetric kit includes the following:

  • Blood pressure unit in case
  • Stethoscope in vinyl zipper bag (has different attachments for adult/ child/infant)
  • Solar headlamp
  • Supply of Gauze pads
  • DeLee Mucus trap (for gentle manual suctioning of meconium)
  • 15 pairs of latex free/powder free vinyl gloves
  • 6 suture sets
  • Vaginal specula
  • Tissue Forceps
  • Universal scissors
  • Tape
  • Lubricant (20 sterile packets)
  • 2 Sharp/blunt scissors
  • Towels/Blankets
  • 10 ziplock freezer bags

Each kit costs $165 USD. Please contact Maternova directly for pricing information for bulk orders.

VitaGoat

VitaGoat

The VitaGoat is a food processing system for developing countries. It serves as a principal vehicle for micro-enterprises, while providing local communities or social institutions with high-quality nutrition. Operating without the need for any electricity supply or generator, it uses locally-available fuels - including wood, biomass or bottled gas - for operation.

The full system includes three components:

-The PedalPro system which performs the grinding function for soybeans and other foods, as well as pedal-operated battery charging and water pumping -A stainless steel pressure-cooking vessel and a stainless steel filter press -A pressurized stainless steel steam boiler

The use of steam-injected pressure-cooking is up to ten times more energy-efficient than traditional open stove cooking. Some foods can also be prepared using only the pedal-operated grinder/blender, and do not require the boiler and pressure-cooker. A standalone electric grinder is also an available component for the VitaGoat system. The electric grinder can be ordered at the same time as the system or purchased at a later date.

The VitaGoat can process economical, high-protein and healthy soya foods in the form of soy milk, and its derivatives such as tofu and yogurt. Other cooked and processed foods such as soups, sauces and purees, can be made from various fruits and vegetables. An extra food-preserving vessel is in development to allow for long shelf-life. The cycle-grinder alone can process peanut butter, soy and other nut butters, and grind cereals and grains into meals and some flours.

VecnaCares CliniPAK

VecnaCares CliniPAK

VecnaCares' CliniPAK is a mobile health application that enables health workers to easily upload data, such as health records, to the cloud from mobile phones, tablets or laptops. These data sets can be collected anywhere, anytime and can be exported to a Clinical Data Warehouse. CliniPAK also offers an SAAS cloud-based model, which allows users to have total access to data and online reporting.

CliniPAK supports users of all training and skill levels for easy adoption and immediate value. CliniPAK’s open APIs and collaborative approaches connect mHealth tools to a larger information infrastructure. CliniPAK can be used by a wide variety of health workers, from community health workers to providers in a hospital, volunteers on a medical mission or in a free clinic.

Jana Care

Jana Care

Jana Care reverses "diabesity" by building next generation diagnostics and evidence-based lifestyle coaching programs for diabetics in the developing world, all made available on mobile phones.

One of the coaching programs is the Aina Device, a mobile diagnostic platform that measures the following parameters:

  • Blood Glucose
  • HbA1C
  • Lipids-HDL,LDL,TrG
  • Creatinine
  • Haemoglobin

Based on the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) curriculum, Jana Care created an online lifestyle program called "Habits," in order to complement the Aina Device. The DPP proved that 7% weight loss reduces diabetes by 58%. Habits provides:

  • Lifestyle coaching through interactive reality TV shows
  • Mobile apps for diet and exercise tracking
  • Support from certified diabetes educators
Mat for Measuring Maternal Blood Loss

Mat for Measuring Maternal Blood Loss

Postpartum hemorrhaging, the leading cause of maternal death and disability worldwide, causes nearly 500,000 deaths annually. In late 2010, icddd,b scientists developed and began successfully testing an absorbent birth mat that, when fully saturated, indicates that mothers need to go to the hospital for professional medical care.

icddr,b has incorporated the mat, in combination with Misoprostol and umbilical cord cleaning tools, into an innovative clean delivery kit that saves mothers' lives and prevents infections in newborns. In 2010, icddd,b scientists won a Gates Foundation Grand Challenges in Global Health prize for further development of a biodegradable mat.

Nutriset ReSoMal Powder Solution

Nutriset ReSoMal Powder Solution

ReSoMal is used for the preparation of an oral rehydration solution (ORS) exclusively for people suffering from severe acute malnutrition. It must be used under medical supervision in therapeutic feeding centres, and must not be given directly to families.

ReSoMal was developed to meet this specific need. It must not be given to well-nourished people or those suffering from cholera (in these cases standard ORSs, which conform to the WHO formula, must be used).

Recommendations for use:

  • The quantity to be given depends on the weight of the patient. A dose of 70-100ml per kg is usually sufficient to re-establish normal hydration (on average, one sachet of ReSoMal will, therefore, be enough to rehydrate four children who weigh 7 kg each).
  • The exact quantity depends on what the child drinks, the volume of continuing loss (stools, vomit) and the possible appearance of signs of hyperhydration (particularly symptoms of cardiac insufficiency).
GiraDora

GiraDora

GiraDora is a human-powered washer/spin-dryer that a user can sit on in order to increase the efficiency of hand-washing clothes, while also improving overall user experience. The user sits on top of the drum-like appliance and pumps a pedal with their foot, which agitates, cleans, rinses, and then spins-dries clothes.

GiraDora more than doubles productivity, increases health of women and children, and affords the opportunity to break through the poverty cycle. While providing a more comfortable, ergonomic, and efficient way to clean clothes, GiraDora also affords opportunities to generate income.

AzadiPads

AzadiPads

AzadiPads are ultra thin sanitary napkins that are affordable, eco-friendly and accessible in rural areas. AzadiPads provide a hygienic and affordable solution for women who would not otherwise have access to menstruation management products. The pads are distributed by grassroots organizations that have existing networks of women engaged in livelihood activities.

Azadi has devised a holistic solution that increases awareness about menstrual hygiene and access to menstrual management products. They also work to embolden all members in society, including men, women, community based organizations, and policy makers. Their goal is to build communities that are aware, alert, and equipped to mitigate the financial, functional and social challenges girl and women face because of their periods.

Azadi takes direct action through several programs, including its Toll-Free Menstrual Helpline, the Menstrual Friendly Schools Initiative, and the Azadi Instigators Program. Through the Menstrual Helpline (1-‐800-3000‐2805), an adolescent girl can quickly and anonymously speak with a trained counselor about menstruation, menstrual hygiene and menstrual management. The Azadi Menstrual Helpline currently has a focus on Uttar Pradesh, India, and will expand to other Hindi speaking states. Menstrual Friendly Schools aims to map awareness and infrastructure in public schools, in order to empower local bodies and government to take action to fill critical gaps.

A pack of 8 AzadiPads costs 20 Rupees ($0.33 USD).

Children's Wheelchairs

Children's Wheelchairs

Wheelchairs of Hope developed a a light-weight and affordable plastic wheelchair designed to provide a proper fit and postural support, and to meet the common needs of disabled children aged 5-9 years old.

Wheelchairs of Hope is a business managed, humanitarian social impact initiative lead by a group of experienced entrepreneurs with a social agenda that has developed, will manufacture and distribute an innovative designed leight weight and durable, children wheelchair oriented toward less developed resources environments.

These wheelchairs meet the guidelines set forth by the World Health Organization.

Online Doctor appointment booking

Online Doctor appointment booking

People often find it difficult to find specific information on doctors, including which doctor should be consulted for specialized problems. www.LaZoi.com (formerly HelpMeDoc.in) provides an online database of doctors, their specializations and appointment booking capabilities.

For patients, this platform allows users to choose a doctor based on need and budget. Users can also make appointments with a specialized doctor, find a second opinion and book diagnostic tests and health packages online.

Doctors can maintain all their appointments at their fingertips through their individual back office, where they can manage their time and schedule in a more productive and professional manner. Before meeting a patient, doctors can view their profile and archive their existing profile, prescriptions and history.

Medical Rucksack

Medical Rucksack

With the medical rucksack, doctors in developing countries are offered a completely new type of device which uses solar energy to clean, disinfect and sterilize contaminated surgical instruments. Because of its integrated water treatment plant, the device produces clean water from even contaminated rivers or sea water.

Due to the use of solar energy, the device is completely self-sufficient and independent of any supply of electricity or gas. In case of fluctuating sunshine, a new type of storage technology enables the safe use of solar energy in medical technology. The device is consistent with CE regulations. It is intended for use in rural developing areas.

As the device is integrated into a rucksack (backpack) it can easily be carried to any remote region. The technical feasibility has been tested and proven by the University of Kassel in Germany. A functional prototype will be developed by the end of 2014. A technical prototype will be constructed one year later. The device is scheduled for release by mid 2016.

Emergensee Glasses

Emergensee Glasses

Adaptive Eyewear's one size fits all glasses can be quickly fitted with the guidance of a trained health worker, overcoming the traditional barriers to delivering vision correction in low-income countries.

The glasses are designed to withstand a wide variety of environmental and physical conditions, and are made from a durable frame and polycarbonate lenses. The products comply with relevant safety and quality requirements of the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO 13485 & ISO 9001).

Adaptive Eyewear currently offers two products to meet people's vision correction needs

Duranet

Duranet

Duranet® is a long-lasting insecticidal net (LLIN) made of polyethylene, which makes it much stronger than polyester or cloth nets.

With Duranet LLINs, the insecticide is incorporated into the fiber and is control released over time. Just the right amount of insecticide migrates to the surface over the product's entire lifespan. As a result, Duranets do not need to be retreated with insecticide like traditional surface treated polyester nets. With insecticide incorporated into the net fibers instead of on the surface, Duranet allows for the safe transport and handling of large quantities of nets.

Compared to traditional mosquito nets, Duranets are slightly rigid, which allows for increased air flow through the nets. As a result, users remain cool while they sleep. Duranet LLINs are available in a variety of colors, including dark colors, which do not need to be washed as frequently as white nets. Duranet® LLINs will maintain their effectiveness for a lifetime of up to 5 years, which is almost twice as long as the lifespan of all polyester nets on the market.

Kangaroo Mother Care

Kangaroo Mother Care

Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) is a method of care for all newborn babies, both premature and full-term. This method uses the mother's skin and presence to stabilize the baby. It also promotes breastfeeding, which itself can be lifesaving for premature babies. KMC has three components:

  1. Skin-to-skin contact between the baby's front and the mother's chest: Skin-to-skin contact should ideally start at birth, but is helpful at any time. It should ideally be continuous day and night, but shorter periods are still helpful.
  2. Exclusive breastfeeding: for an average mother, direct suckling by the baby from the breasts is all that is needed. For very premature babies, milk and additional essential nutrients may be needed.
  3. Support of the dyad: whatever is needed for the medical, emotional, psychological and physical well-being of mother and baby is provided to them without separating them. This might mean adding ultramodern equipment, if available, or purely intense psychological support in low-resource settings.
Mini Sanitary Napkin Making Machine

Mini Sanitary Napkin Making Machine

The Mini Sanitary Napkin Making Machine is a low-cost solution for making sanitary napkins, while benefiting Ladies Self Help Groups (SHGs) and aspiring women entrepreneurs. The machine defibrates wood fiber, forming a core that is then sealed with soft-touch sensitive heat control, which creates the final contoured shape of the product.

The machine requires single phase electricity for a one horsepower drive. It can fit within a space of 3.5X3.5 meters, and can produce two napkins per minute. The SHGs and entrepreneurs that manufacture sanitary napkins can create repetitive markets in their own areas, which enable them to expand their business and improve their livelihoods.

SHE LaunchPad

SHE LaunchPad

SHE is an organization that helps women jumpstart social businesses to manufacture and distribute affordable menstrual pads. Coupled with health education and advocacy, SHE helps girls and women lead more productive lives. The pads are made using SHE's patent-pending technology which turns agro-waste, specifically banana fibers, into an absorbent pad material.

To create this low-cost sustainable pad, several steps must be taken:

  1. A woman acquires a loan to buy a machine and some banana fibers to make the product.
  2. After the product is made, she sells it to her friends at a 30% profit margin to allow for income generation.
Detection Rats Technology for TB

Detection Rats Technology for TB

Detection Rats Technology is a cost-effective methodology consisting of equipment, training methods and operational procedures in which trained rats detect Tuberculosis in saliva.

Every TB evaluation unit consists of a semi-automated cage, featuring ten holes and an automated food pellet dispenser. Beneath each of the ten holes, saliva samples are presented for odor discrimination by rats. The lids are uncovered one-by-one and the animals sniff hole-per-hole for positive targets. Every hole is equipped with a laser beam, broken by the nose of the rat. A rat only needs a few hundredths of a second to discriminate the target odor. In case of a negative sample the rat immediately moves on to the next sample. Positive samples are indicated by keeping their nose fixed in the sniffer hole for at least three seconds, which is registered in a database.

Known positives are inserted to allow reinforcement of indication behavior. At three seconds indication of known positive samples, the animals hear a click sound and they receive a food reward. Rat-detected suspect samples are re-tested for the presence of TB using concentrated smear and LED microscopy.

The rats evaluate 100 saliva samples within 20 minutes, which would take a lab technician more than two days using microscopy. So far more than 5,800 TB patients who were initially missed by means of microscopy have been positively diagnosed, thus preventing 87,000 potential infections.

APOPO has managed to increase the TB case detection rate by an average of 40%.

Websister

Websister

Websister™ is an online resource that provides information to nurses and thereby tries to diminish the lack of information for nurses who do not receive nursing journals/magazines. Many nurses lack access to the latest medical information pertinent to the South African market. Websister has become a useful resource for nurses in other scopes of practice, as well.

The initial vision of the website was aimed at pharmacy clinic sisters, however nurses from other focus areas find the website equally useful and access content on a daily basis. Content for the local market is written by healthcare professionals.

South African legislation dictates the advertising of specific scheduled medication to healthcare professionals only, therefore professionals have to register with a password to access the articles. The general public has access to summaries of the articles.

Plastic Bag Mosquito Nets

Plastic Bag Mosquito Nets

Plastic Bag Mosquito Nets are easily made from recycled plastic bags by binding eight layers of plastic with any household iron. The resulting base material is strong and can be used for a wide variety of projects, including mosquito nets. Holes for the net are generated by making a modified sewing machine needle and using either an electric or treadle sewing machine.

People may choose to make Plastic Bag Mosquito Nets to prevent malaria in their household, or to sell additional nets as an income-generating activity. Either way, the production of the nets helps reduce waste by making use of discarded plastic bags.

Detailed information, including do-it-yourself guides and instructional videos are available on the Doane Nets Project website.

MiEMs: MED International Equipment Management Software

MiEMs: MED International Equipment Management Software

MED International’s equipment management software (MiEMS) is an internet database that is used to maintain an inventory of hospital equipment to monitor equipment functionality. This software helps to create an effective supply chain for hospital equipment by:

1) Enabling hospital technicians to systematize equipment repairs. 2) Providing information about existing equipment needs to equipment-donating NGOs and the Ministry of Health (MOH). 3) Enabling the MOH and MED International to evaluate the effectiveness of equipment donations and repair processes.

First piloted in Zanzibar, technicians repaired $300,000 USD in equipment with less than €500 in spare parts. This corresponded to a 23% increase in the use of life-saving equipment with inpatient procedures and premature infants, along with a 30% increase in equipment utilization. MiEMS is currently used in Zanzibar and Tanzania.

Sprinkles

Sprinkles

Sprinkles are sachets (like small packets of sugar) containing a blend of micronutrients in powder form, which are sprinkled onto homemade foods. Any homemade food can be instantly fortified by adding Sprinkles. Sprinkles contain coated iron, which helps prevent changes to the taste, color and texture of the food to which it is added.

The quantity of minerals and vitamins in an individual Sprinkles package can be formulated to treat and prevent various common childhood nutritional disorders. Different Sprinkles formulations are designed for different nutritional purposes.

Jani Pads

Jani Pads

Jani Pads are low-cost sanitary pads that help keep girls in school in developing communities. Jani pads consist of four layers. The top and bottom layers are made of biodegradable plastic, while the two middle layers are made out of water hyacinth, a fast-growing weed found in many regions throughout the world.

The Iron Fish

The Iron Fish

Iron deficiency anemia is a common concern growing in the region of South-East Asia. Iron deficiency can lead to the weakening of the immune system and cognitive impairment in developmental stages towards children and pregnant women. The iron fish was made to defend against this ailment.

The fish, slightly acidified by lemon juice, only needs to be placed in the pot when water is boiling or cooking. The iron will be naturally released into the food or water that the villagers consume. This has halved the incidences of clinical anemia and increased the circulation of iron.

Focusspec

Focusspec

Focusspecs are adjustable adjustable glasses that can be altered to address the individual wearer's needs. Here's how it works: The lens consists of two optical lenses with third grade surfaces. Because one lens is the exact inversion of the other, the moment they are placed exactly behind each other the strength of the lens is zero. Converting the lens along the x-axis changes the intensity of the Alvarez lens. Doing the same thing for the y-axis changes the astigmatic correction of the Alvarez lens. The Alvarez lens rectifies all refraction and astigmatic deviations by displacing one lens over the x- and y-axis and by turning the complete lens around the z-axis (optical axis).

The lenses of the Focusspec are made of high-quality polycarbonate. The frame and temples are made of industrial-grade plastics. The frame, lenses and the worm wheel are put together by ultrasonic welding, making the spectacles less vulnerable to dust and dirt. Silicone parts are used in the newest model of the Focusspec to make the glasses fit around different noses.

Approximately 80% of the people who need refractive correction can be helped with Focusspec glasses.

VerBien

VerBien

The main objective of “Ver Bien para Aprender Mejor” (Good Vision to learn better) is to assist Mexican children with visual acuity deficiencies such as nearsightedness, farsightedness, amblyopia and astigmatism. These problems can be corrected with a pair of eyeglasses.

The replicable program relies on public school teachers to identify students with potential visual acuity problems. A specialized optometric examination is directly carried out in schools by a team of optometrists from “Ver Bien para Aprender Mejor”. As a result of this examination, the optometrist delivers a personal prescription for every student with visual problems.

CommCare

CommCare

CommCare is an open source, mobile platform that enables non-technical users to build mobile apps for their frontline programs across numerous sectors. The apps created provide case management, data collection, and data management.

All data collected with CommCare Mobile is sent over a cellular data network to their HIPAA-compliant server, CommCareHQ. When connectivity is unavailable, CommCare Mobile operates offline and all data collection is unaffected. Data is saved on the phone and can be sent automatically when the phone regains connectivity. All collected data is transmitted to CommCareHQ, where it can be viewed in easy to read reports. Authorized users can download the data to Excel or to other third party applications.

Users can use online tools to configure their own CommCare mobile application, eliminiating the need to collect data with paper questionnaires. This simple mobile phone interface can collect a wide variety of data, including dates, multiple choice questions, images, video, bar codes and GPS coordinates. Automatic data validation and advanced logic accommodate highly complex data collection.

3nethra

3nethra

3nethra is a portable, non-invasive, non-mydriatic, pre-screening ophthalmology device. The device can detect diabetic retinopathy, cataract, glaucoma, cornea problems, and refractive errors. 3nethra then provides an automated “Normal" or "Need to See a Doctor" report, which is useful especially during the early onset of eye disease when patients do not experience symptoms.

Additionally, 3nethra connects primary care centers to secondary or tertiary care centers through telemedicine for remote diagnosis.

3nethra is a low-cost device that reduces the direct and indirect costs of screening, making it accessible to rural populations.

Heartfile Health Financing

Heartfile Health Financing

Heartfile Health Financing is an mHealth-enabled health financing program, aimed at protecting the poor from catastrophic expenditures on healthcare. The program provides transparency and efficiency and is being steadily scaled-up in Pakistan.

Heartfile allows providers to seek transparent cash transfers for low-income individuals using a validation and prioritization system and health equity funds.

The platform allows providers to find funding for surgeries, treatment, and chronic care. The system allows donors to decide exactly who their donation is going to based on given criteria such as gender, location, disease, etc.

Changamka

Changamka

Changamka runs a mobile money transfer technology. This system allows users to transfer money via M-Pesa to a prepaid smart card. The prepaid electronic smart card, known as Changamka, enables the bearer to save and receive outpatient primary health care treatment at a pre-contracted price.

Through this technology, mothers in low-income areas who have no access to medical schemes and insurance can save money on the Changamka Smart Card.They can then use the account to pay hospital fees upon their delivery, reducing the number of maternity deaths due to lack of health care.

SughaVazhvu

SughaVazhvu

SughaVazhvu Healthcare provides primary healthcare for rural Indian populations.

With a focus on accessibility, affordability and quality, Sughavazhvu has implemented the ICTPH model for providing primary healthcare to remote rural Indian populations through its rural primary healthcare network in the district of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu.

The organization trains healthcare workers to utilize protocol-based medicine. Registered AYUSH practitioners are recruited and trained to provide evidence based primary allopathic care at RMHCs. The core training program is handled by medical officers and master trainers for a period of two months. The program involves both classroom-based modules as well as field training modules at Alakudi RMHC. During the classroom based training program, focus is placed on non-clinical as well as clinical skill sets.

ICTPH utilizes the provision of evidence-based clinical protocols that are uniform across every care delivery center. The protocols were developed using a systems-based approach, starting with the respiratory system all the way to the musculoskeletal system.

Riders for Health

Riders for Health

Riders for Health works to improve the access to reliable transportation for health workers in Africa. The organization manages and maintains different vehicles for ministries and health-focused organizations in order to help them cost-effectively deliver vital healthcare to rural communities without efficient roads.

The organization provides training and preventive vehicle maintenance. By running reliable vehicle fleets they ensure that the chain in healthcare delivery is never broken by failing vehicles, thereby increasing health worker productivity.

The program provides training and employment opportunities to build local capacity. With a network of highly skilled technicians regularly traveling to service vehicles in the communities in which health workers serve, they don’t waste valuable time travelling to a garage when they could be with their patients.

In addition to training health workers to drive safely in the difficult terrain, workers are also trained to carry out daily checks on their vehicles.

Operation ASHA

Operation ASHA

Operation ASHA is a community based program model for areas with high TB prevalence. The model uses local workers to expand access to services and products of high quality at affordable prices among disadvantaged communities worldwide. The organization provides service delivery at the doorsteps of the under-served through existing community resources.

The model offers TB treatment and support lasting 6-10 months, as well as MDR-TB treatment and care that lasts around 24 months for each patient.

Over-the-counter medicines to treat side-effects of TB drugs, including nausea, vomiting, weight loss, headache, and joint pain are also provided, along with food and nutrition supplements, contraceptives and Oral Rehydration Salt (ORS).

60% of OpASHA’s expenses generates livelihood in the slums fighting TB, while also providing jobs to slum dwellers who work as providers and community partners.

Sproxil

Sproxil

Sproxil helps consumers in low-resource settings combat drug counterfeiting with a simple text message.

Sproxils Mobile Product Authentication™ (MPA™) technology ensures that consumers buy only genuine medicine by allowing patients to varify that their medicine is from reputable manufacturers.

At point of purchase, consumers will find a security label on the package with a panel that they can scratch off. Scratching the panel will reveal a unique, one time use PIN that they can text for free to a provided phone number. Immediately, they will receive a response that either confirms that the product is genuine or warns that it is suspicious.

North Star Alliance

North Star Alliance

North Star Alliance brings health to hard-to-reach people across Africa in a “Blue Box”. They use converted shipping containers (painted blue) to house clinics that deliver public health programmes for people with increased health risks, like truck drivers and sex workers, and primary health care to communities with limited or no access to medical services.

Each drop-in clinic is run by well trained clinical and outreach teams and supported by the North Star Alliance electronic health passport system (COMETs), which allows patients to access their health records at every clinic within their network. The daily data feed also helps North Star Alliance maintain quality standards and monitor shifting disease patterns across entire regions.

World Health Partners

World Health Partners

World Health Partners combines existing social and economic infrastructure with communication, diagnostics, and medical technology to deliver health and reproductive health services to rural, marginalized communities in the developing world.

WHP establishes large-scale, cost-effective health service networks through a holistic, scalable, replicable model that can be applied to low resource settings.

WHP serves almost 3.2 million people in 1,000 villages and is still expanding.

ClickMedix

ClickMedix

ClickMedix is a smartphone-enabled platform that allows patients to remotely connect with their doctors without physically visiting their clinic or hospital. Through this technology, specialists can connect with less trained clinicians in order to increase the clinical care they can offer.

The solution also allows doctors to increase patient volume by 4-10 times. In addition to creating convenient doctor-patient connections, health workers and nurses in rural areas can connect with remote physicians to administer and deliver care and treatment in a more timely fashion.

Grand-Aides

Grand-Aides

Grand-Aides, LLC provides a training model that enables people to help connect patients with medical coverage in a timely manner. Once trained under the Grand-Aides model, these community health workers become 'Grand-Aides,' capable of delivering healthcare to remote areas.

Grand-Aides have had prior training in medical care (such as a Nurse Aide) and then take an added Grand-Aide curriculum. Under the supervision of a nurse or physician, Grand-Aides use telephone protocols and home visits with portable telemedicine to provide transitional, hospital discharge, and chronic disease management, as well as primary and preventive intervention to improve access to needed care in rural areas. They also help to reduce unnecessary emergency, clinic and hospital visits, which reduces healthcare costs.

The main goals of Grand-Aides:

  1. To achieve access to appropriate health care providers for primary and chronic care and to free professionals to do what only they can do by leveraging well-trained members of the team
  2. To "decongest" emergency departments, clinics and hospitals of people who could be cared for at home with greater access for those who need to be seen: 25%-50% reduction in unneeded ED and primary care visits; 25%- 50% reduction in hospital readmissions
  3. To “bend the cost curve” with more affordable care
  4. To educate patients and to intervene in preventive and self-care
  5. To create jobs and to enhance the lives of mature adults who want to give back to their community
BasicNeeds

BasicNeeds

BasicNeeds works with over 90 organizations to bring community-based models for mental health to the developing world. The treatment gap for mentally ill patients is as high as 85%. This can be attributed to a lack of understanding of mental illness, community stigma, and a shortage of available resources.

The BasicNeeds model can be replicated in communities around the world. The treatment model utilizes socio-economic and community orientated solutions to create changes in policy, practice and resource allocation.

The BasicNeeds model uses local resources to reduce symptoms in order to help people become active participants in their community. The model has been tested in 12 countries and is proven to increase access to treatment and mobilize providers to deliver mental health services.

Eniware Portable Sterilizer

Eniware Portable Sterilizer

The Eniware Portable Sterilizer (EPS) enables safer medical care anytime, anywhere. Using a proven, patented state-of-the-art nitrogen dioxide gas technology, the EPS sterilizes medical instruments without heat, water, power or fuel. Robust, affordable EPS units are appropriate for use in low-resource healthcare settings including disaster areas, conflict zones and hospitals and clinics in the developing world.

CoolComply

CoolComply

Cool Comply is a solar-powered wireless cooling device to store life-saving medication for MDR-TB patients

The device monitors the temperature of MDR-TB medication and wirelessly transmits data about the temperature of the medication and patient adherence levels to community health workers via SMS. The target audiences are community health workers in Ethiopia and patients with multiple drug resistant tuberculosis.

Solar Vaccine Refrigerator

Solar Vaccine Refrigerator

The Solar Vaccine Refrigerator is made from locally sourced materials such as steel, charcoal, and ethanol or methanol. The fridge is made with a steel box, which is painted black and serves as a solar collector and absorber. The charcoal in the fridge rejects ethanol vapor when the steel box becomes hot, which flows into the condenser.

The condenser is made up of a series of pipes with cooling fins, where the ethanol vapor condenses into a liquid by reducing the temperature to the ambient air temperature. The evaporator, located inside the insulated box, captures the liquid which results in liquid ethanol in the evaporator and cool charcoal in the absorber.

The ethanol that is not absorbed back into the charcoal becomes very cold and results in the cold temperature inside the box, usually -10C to 0C degrees.

Passive Vaccine Storage Device

Passive Vaccine Storage Device

The Passive Vaccine Storage Device is designed to keep vaccines at the appropriate temperatures for a month or more without electricity. The device combines the best attributes of vaccine cold boxes and stationary refrigerators currently used in the cold chain. Unlike other vaccine cold boxes, the device holds temperatures for at least a month, instead of only one to five days. Unlike refrigerators, it is transportable, low-cost, low-maintenance, and can be used anywhere.

The Passive Vaccine Storage Device uses super insulation techniques similar to those used to store cryogenic fluids; its design is specific to vaccine storage and can maintain the necessary temperatures for months using only ice. Vaccines can then be retrieved without jeopardizing the remaining vials and the insulated container can remain in the field for repeated use.

Photonic Fence

Photonic Fence

The Photonic Fence is a prototype device that is capable of identifying the discriminating characteristics of a mosquito (wing beat frequency, shape, size, airspeed, etc.). Once a mosquito has been identified, a trained laser delivers photonic energy to kill or incapacitate it. Designed for use in developing regions, the photonic fence will be used to complement bed nets, insecticides, and other existing vector control techniques.

One potential use of the Photonic Fence is to create a virtual fence that detects insects as they cross its plane. When an invading insect is detected, custom software is able to estimate the insect’s size and also to measure its wing beat frequency. Using this method, not only can the system distinguish between mosquitoes, butterflies, and bumblebees, but it can also determine whether a mosquito is male or female, as only female mosquitoes bite humans.

Once the software establishes that the insect is a valid target, it tracks the mosquito in flight, runs a safety check to ensure no innocent bystanders are in view, and then activates a laser to zap the mosquito. The Photonic Fence could be set along the perimeter of clinics or other strategic areas to control mosquitoes without endangering humans or other animals.

Omega Grinder

Omega Grinder

The Omega Grinder is an affordable hand-operated burr mill that produces flour from grains and makes a creamy paste from roasted nuts.

The Omega Grinder is effective at making creamy peanut butter, cocoa butter, maize or millet flour and dozens of other products. Each grinder is equipped with intricately designed, heat treated burrs that never require sharpening and withstand long-term wear—rarely requiring replacements.

Medical Equipment Sterilizer

Medical Equipment Sterilizer

The 60 Liter Stove, paired with a sterilizer, creates an autoclave system that provides reliable, low-cost, medical-grade sterilization to hospitals and clinics. Powered by wood or alternative biomass fuels, the unit is designed to serve as either a backup for urban health centers or as a primary system for rural clinics without access to electricity. The system can sterilize medical equipment for reuse or medical waste for safe disposal. Untreated, bio-hazardous waste is a major disease vector, especially in the developing world in epidemic-stricken areas.

Maternova Obstetric Kit

Maternova Obstetric Kit

The Maternova Obstetric Kit is focused on preventing postpartum hemorrhage in low-resource settings. It contains a set of simple tools to stuff in a suitcase or backpack. The tools in this pak are meant to be used in addition to a standard midwifery kit.

The kit includes the following:- power: a windable mobile phone charger to call for help or referral- light: a solar powered headlamp with adjustable visor to see births- a calibrated drape to measure blood loss (this can be sterilized with bleach but is not autoclavable)- WHO Colour Scale to detect anemia (comes with 200 test strips)- Reminder Cards on the Active Management of the Third Stage of Labor

The carry pack is reusable. The key medical protocol is integrated into the kit so that when it hangs on a hook the protocol is displayed for quick reference.

Each kit is $63 USD and large discounts are available for orders of more than 100 units.

Nanoly Chemical Protector for Vaccines

Nanoly Chemical Protector for Vaccines

Currently in development, the Nanoly Chemical Protector for Vaccines is a nano-particle based chemical shield that allows vaccines to survive without refrigeration so that they can be safely distributed in off-grid communities.

Nanoly is developing a polymer that may be blended with any protein-based vaccine at any point in the vaccine delivery chain. The solution is composed of non-toxic nanoparticles that are custom synthesized for each vaccine. When the vaccine is combined with the polymer, vaccine spoilage is prevented without the need for refrigeration. Nanoly's solution is designed to eliminate the difficulties associated with vaccine transportation and delivery.

Development in Gardening (DIG)

Development in Gardening (DIG)

Development In Gardening (DIG) empowers communities to develop sustainable community gardens improving the nutrition and quality of life for people living with HIV/AIDS, orphans, pregnant women and other vulnerable populations in Africa and South America. Understanding that individuals lacking in micro-nutrients are less likely to productively contribute to their community, DIG aims to provide access to food and proper nutrition. From the initial target garden to subsequent cooking and nutrition classes, DIG seeks realistic strategies to ensure the harvest produced makes it to the mouths of participants.

HealthPhone

HealthPhone

HealthPhone's health and nutrition content is scripted on knowledge prepared jointly by UNICEF, WHO, UNESCO, UNFPA, UNDP, UNAIDS, WFP and The World Bank. It addresses the main areas of health concern. This content is pre-loaded on popular low-cost models of mobile phones – no signal is required, no need to download videos and other media. Users choose what they want to watch and listen to and when, wherever they happen to be.

Featured HealthPhone essentials:

  • early and exclusive breastfeeding
  • hand washing with soap and water
  • use of ORS and zinc
  • routine immunization
  • initiation of breastfeeding
  • ten steps to successful breastfeeding

HealthPhone™ is coming soon to a village, slum, town, city, block, district, state, province, country near you.

Backpack PLUS

Backpack PLUS

The Backpack PLUS Collaboration provides a prototype toolkit for Community Health Workers (CHWs) to distribute a basic package of medical commodities and diagnostic tools to patients throughout developing countries.

By supplying CHWs with the basic tools and medications to prevent, diagnose and treat the most commonly pervasive problems in public health, the Backpack Plus Collaboration looks to establish a holistic framework to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) health goals.

Kite Patch

Kite Patch

The Kite Patch is a small patch that uses the worldwide discovery of technology capable of blocking mosquitoes' ability to track humans. The Kite Patch uses patent-pending, non-toxic compounds and is worn on clothing and provides up to 48 hours of protection.

Kite Patch scientists have developed patent-pending and proprietary formulas of FDA-approved compounds considered “flavors” and IFRA-approved “fragrances” that specifically target the mosquitoes’ receptor neurons used to detect carbon dioxide. Normal human contact with the Kite Patch, including the process of buying, storing, unwrapping, touching, holding, smelling, and wearing the Kite Patch for any period of time is completely safe.

Kite Patch anticipates that the product work on all types of mosquitoes. Preliminary field trials indicate that this technology is effective on several different species of mosquito.

CarePack

CarePack

CarePack® is a flexible package of multiple health interventions designed for integrated and cost-effective health programmes. Each CarePack® can be adapted to a variety of health programming objectives.

CarePack® is ideal for:

  • HIV Programmes
  • Integrated Prevention Campaigns
  • Maternal Health

All CarePacks® are designed to be user-friendly and self-managed. Since repeat interventions are impediments to the rapid scale-up and success of public health programs, standard components of a CarePack® are long-lasting. All components have been rigorously tested to demonstate health impact, and meet the highest regulatory standards for efficacy.

OneDollarGlasses

OneDollarGlasses

The OneDollarGlasses are manufactured on bending and milling machines specially designed for this purpose. The spectacle frames consist of a lightweight and flexible frame made of extremely robust, rustproof and hypoallergenic spring steel wire (1 mm). The frames are manufactured by hand on a bending device which does not need a power supply. Different physiognomies can be taken into account individually when bending the frame. The elliptical polished, unbreakable lenses are given the notches and steps for fastening in the spectacle frames on the milling attachment and can be inserted in no time. This milling machine can be operated via a decentralized power supply thanks to the low power consumption (generator or solar station). Heat-shrinkable sleeves made of hypoallergenic plastic on the ear piece ends increase the wearing comfort of the glasses. Because the glasses have very little weight, they do not require nosebridges. Two coloured glass pearls give each pair of glasses its own personal design.

MakaPads Sanitary Pads

MakaPads Sanitary Pads

MakaPads provide effective, low-cost protection to every girl and woman. MakaPads are made from papyrus and paper waste. The fibers are beaten, dried and softened using no electricity. They are assembled with a moisture barrier and mesh covering. MakaPads can be purchased with or without an adhesive that slips into knickers with special elastics to hold the pad in place.

ADVANTAGES- Sells for 50% less than other brands.- Higher absorption capacity than other pads.- One pad can be used for 8 to 10 hours.- Made from local papyrus.- Production uses very little electricity.- Certified by the Uganda National Bureau of Standards.

Interceptor Nets

Interceptor Nets

Interceptor® is a mosquito net recommended by the World Health Organization for malaria control.

A polymer binder system is combined with Fendona® insecticide and applied directly to the fibers of the Interceptor® nets in a unique treatment process. Over time, the active ingredient is slowly exposed on the polymer surface and rapidly knocks down, kills or repels mosquitoes as they come into contact with the net. This controlled availability of the insecticide ensures long-term effectiveness for up to 3 years, and the net delivers its protection even after 20 washes.

Leveraged Freedom Chair

Leveraged Freedom Chair

The Leveraged Freedom Chair (LFC) is a lever-propelled wheelchair that provides unparalleled mobility on rough terrain. Instead of using gears and derailleurs that are likely to break under the conditions faced by developing country users, the user changes gears and achieves a 3:1 change in mechanical advantage by simply moving his hands up and down a set of levers that are connected to the drivetrain.

Bubble Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (bCPAP) Device

Bubble Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (bCPAP) Device

Acute respiratory infections are the leading cause of global child mortality: 20-38% of deaths in the first 48 hours of life are attributed to pneumonia. Moreover, conditions associated with premature birth, often related to breathing problems, are responsible for an additional 30% of neonatal mortality. In the developed world, these conditions can be treated using bubble Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (bCPAP), but, at $6,000, these systems are too expensive for many developing world settings.

In partnership with Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, and 3rd Stone Design, Rice 360° has developed a low-cost, high-performance bubble CPAP system to treat infants with respiratory distress syndrome in the developing world. The system can be sold for an estimated $400 and provides the same therapeutic pressure as bubble CPAP system in use in hospitals in the United States. A teaching module, user manual, and repair manual are included with the system.

ROTAVAC

ROTAVAC

ROTAVAC® India’s first indigenously developed Rotavirus Vaccine. The vaccine will be sold to global public markets, Governments worldwide including UN procurement agencies at a price of US $ 1. Bharat Biotech hopes its new vaccine will help prevent part of the ~ 500,000 child deaths each year caused due to rotavirus diarrhea and improve access to better, affordable rotavirus vaccines.

Magnesium Sulfate to Fight Preeclampsia and Eclampsia

Magnesium Sulfate to Fight Preeclampsia and Eclampsia

The second leading cause of maternal death is pre-eclampsia/eclampsia—most often detected through the elevation of blood pressure during pregnancy—which can lead to seizures, kidney and liver damage, and both maternal and infant deaths, if untreated. These conditions claim the lives of an estimated 63,000 women each year, as well as the lives of many of their babies.1 Where a woman gives birth should not decide her fate, and yet the risk that a woman in a developing country will die of pre-eclampsia/eclampsia is approximately 300 times higher than that for a woman in a developed country.1 Several studies have identified magnesium sulfate (MgSO4) as the most effective anticonvulsant for preventing and treating the life-threatening seizures of eclampsia. MgSO4 is needed at every level of the health care system where deliveries occur, from urban hospitals to rural clinics.2 Most of women with pre-eclampsia will also require antihypertensive therapy, even while on MgSO4.10 Supportive policies and appropriate practices are required to take this important medicine to scale to help reach the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 5 target: reducing maternal mortality by 75% by 2015.

Helping Babies Breathe

Helping Babies Breathe

Helping Babies Breathe (HBB) is an evidence-based educational program to teach neonatal resuscitation techniques in resource-limited areas. It is an initiative of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), US Agency for International Development (USAID), Saving Newborn Lives, the National Institute of Child Health and Development, and a number of other global health organizations.

The objective of HBB is to train birth attendants in developing countries in the essential skills of newborn resuscitation, with the goal of having at least one person who is skilled in neonatal resuscitation at the birth of every baby.

A key concept of HBB is The Golden Minute ®: Within one minute of birth, a baby should be breathing well or should be ventilated with a bag and mask. The Golden Minute identifies the steps that a birth attendant must take immediately after birth to evaluate the baby and stimulate breathing.

The HBB curriculum is designed to be used as part of a coordinated educational approach to early neonatal care and can be effectively combined with other curricula. It can be locally taught to birth attendants in diverse venues and locations. HBB focuses on practices that all persons who care for babies at birth can learn to care for healthy babies and/or assist babies who do not breathe on their own.

Pulse Oximeter

Pulse Oximeter

The Pulse Oximeter™ leverages the global ubiquity of mobile phones to provide non-invasive measurements of blood oxygen levels with a light sensor attached to a patient’s finger. Initially prototyped in 2010, the Pulse Oximeter™ is robust, accurate, portable and powered by a mobile phone. It includes an intuitive symbols-based display and makes pulse oximetry easy and accessible to use. Further, it utilizes the unique Vital Signs DSP™ audio interface to provide a low-cost, high quality mobile product that can be used anywhere. Measurements are simple, fast, convenient and highly accurate.

Chlorhexidine for Umbilical Cord Care

Chlorhexidine for Umbilical Cord Care

Chlorhexidine, a low-cost antiseptic, prevents deadly infections that enter an infant’s body through a newly cut umbilical cord. Few other interventions have as much promise to rapidly reduce newborn deaths at an affordable price—less than $1 per dose. This year, 7.1% chlorhexidine digluconate was added to the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines for Children.

Sayana Press

Sayana Press

Injectable contraceptives are among the world’s most popular methods for preventing pregnancy, offering women safe and effective protection, convenience, and privacy. Sayana® Press, a new formulation and presentation of Depo-Provera®, offers the potential to improve contraceptive access for women worldwide.

Sayana Press is a three-month, progestin-only injectable contraceptive product packaged in the Uniject™ injection system, a small, prefilled, autodisposable device. It contains 104 mg of depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) and is administered via subcutaneous injection.

Nonpneumatic Antishock Garment

Nonpneumatic Antishock Garment

Postpartum hemorrhage kills more new mothers than any other cause—an estimated 71,800 annually. The antishock garment—originally conceived by NASA for use in space—can slow excessive bleeding after childbirth and stabilize the mother until she can be treated at an emergency care facility. The garment resembles a wetsuit that can be wrapped around the mother’s lower body and abdomen to direct blood to key organs.

EyeNetra Netra-G

EyeNetra Netra-G

The mission of EyeNetra is to reshape the world of eye diagnostics. With its technology, eye tests can now be performed by and for anyone in the comfort of his or her own home. The team was inspired by the poor user experience in traditional hospitals, especially in the developing world, and by the more than two billion people worldwide living with vision impairments.

NetraG is the world’s first and only smartphone vision diagnostic tool. Unlike traditional eyecare equipment, it enables highly accurate, self-administered tests with minimal training. Its sleek design and compact size allows it to travel anywhere, reducing the barriers to access and affordability for those in more remote areas of the world. By leveraging social networks and health data, NetraG keeps people connected to the right providers and vendors to ensure they get the care they need.

Firefly Newborn Phototherapy Device

Firefly Newborn Phototherapy Device

Firefly is a device designed to treat infant jaundice in a hospital setting, designed specifically for low resource settings to reduce the cost of phototherapy treatment. The devices (including a LED blue light source and basinet) are designed to operate continuously 24 hours a day for 5 years, with an estimated treatment cost per infant of $1.50.

BioAid

BioAid

BioAid, a smartphone app, turns your iPhone into a hearing aid. Unlike conventional hearing aids, which simply amplify noises, BioAid can both amplify and decrease noise. This allows ambient noises in crowded settings. This allows users to be comfortable in crowded settings with loud, ambient noise.

BioAid comes with six main settings but also allows users to adjust settings to match their disabilities.

SAGES - Suite for Automated Global Electronic bioSurveillance

SAGES - Suite for Automated Global Electronic bioSurveillance

The Suite for Automated Global Electronic bioSurveillance (SAGES) is a collection of modular, flexible, open source software tools for electronic disease surveillance.

Developed by APL in collaboration with the Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System (GEIS), a division of AFHSC, the free software suite is designed to collect, analyze, visualize and share information within a national disease surveillance system. Individual SAGES tools may be used to complement existing disease surveillance systems, or used all together to create an end-to-end disease surveillance capability.

Daktari CD4

Daktari CD4

Daktari’s first product will be Daktari CD4, a CD4 cell counting system portable and robust enough to be used anywhere, from a doctor’s office to the most remote settings. Combining groundbreaking innovations in microscale technologies with simplicity in design and use, Daktari brings this essential blood test to parts of the world where millions of people now have access to life-saving drugs, yet cannot receive the best treatment due to inadequate diagnostics.

As simple in concept and as easy to use as a glucose meter, Daktari technology overcomes the two critical barriers to point-of-care testing: complex sample preparation, and fragile, expensive optical sensors.

Unencumbered by the lenses, cameras, filters or complex optics that put many diagnostic tests out of reach for clinics, health posts, and mobile caregivers, Daktari CD4 will put the power of accurate test results in the hands of the people who need them.

USA tel: +1-617-336-3299 USA fax: +1-617-336-3298

South Africa tel: +27 21 300 2895

Human Bionic Project

Human Bionic Project

Today, 100 percent of amputees experience some form of prosthetic socket discomfort. This project involves the design and production of a comfortable, variable impedance prosthetic (VIPr) socket using digital anatomical data for a transtibial amputee using computer-aided design and manufacturing (CAD/CAM). The VIPr socket uses multiple materials to achieve compliance, thereby increasing socket comfort for amputees, while maintaining structural integrity. The compliant features are seamlessly integrated into the 3D printed socket to achieve lower interface peak pressures over bony protuberances and other anatomical points in comparison to a conventional socket. This lower peak pressure is achieved through a design that uses anthropomorphic data acquired through surface scan and Magnetic Resonance Imaging techniques. A mathematical transformation maps the quantitative measurements of the human residual limb to the corresponding socket shape and impedance characteristics, spatially.

PermaNet

PermaNet

PermaNet is a long-lasting insecticide-treated bed net. It prevents vector-borne diseases such as malaria, which kills a child every 60 seconds. The bed net employs a technology which enables the slow release of the insecticide, deltamethrin. PermaNet lasts for a minimum of three years and requires no re-treatment or dipping. It’s recommended by the World Health Organization and meets the highest international standards for efficacy. Products in the line include PermaNet 2.0 long-lasting insecticide-treated bed net and PermaNet 3.0. This is the first combination bed net designed for areas where vectors have become resistant to insecticides approved for use in bed nets available today.

MobiUS SP1 Ultrasound System

MobiUS SP1 Ultrasound System

The MobiUS™ SP1 Ultrasound System is the world’s first smartphone-based ultrasound imaging system.

Clinical Applications:

  • Primary Care: Abdomen, Aorta, Kidneys, Gallbladder, Thyroid, Soft Tissue, Vascular, Small organs, Implants, Foreign Bodies, Bladder
  • OB/GYN:Pregnancy confirmation/Dates, Viability, Placenta, Fetal presentation, Ectopic pregnancy, Amniotic Fluid Assessment
  • Emergency Dept: FAST exam to detect impact of trauma, Vascular, Small organs, Chest, OB/Gyn, Cardiac
  • Vascular: DVT evaluation, vascular access and line placement, Carotid

Product Specifications:

  • Display: 4.1″ WVGA (800×480) touch screen
  • Image Resolution: Up to 480×480
  • Image Size: ~ 250KB as raw data or ~50KB as JPEG
  • Touch Screen User-Interface
  • Imaging Presets & Optimization: Gain – Near, Mid, Far; Depth, Scale, Intensity, Contrast, Text annotations, Arrow, Measurements
  • Image storage: 8GB or optional additional storage up to 32GB Cine: up to 6 secs, ~5.5MB
  • Share Images: Email or USB sync to PC
  • Network Connectivity: WiFi or cellular
  • Battery: 1300 mAh +, continuous scan time > 60 min; Extended Battery: up to 330 min continuous scan time
  • Patient Data: First name, Last name, ID, DOB, Picture
  • Cold Start: 45 seconds, instant on from sleep mode
  • MobiUS Viewer: Included, compatible with Windows 7, XP, Vista. Free download
  • Supported Transducers: 3.5 and 5.0 MHz — Abdominal, OB/Gyn, Guidance procedures 7.5 MHz — Vascular, Guidance procedures, Small organs
  • Standard Configuration in Soft Case: Smartphone with 8GB Micro-SD memory card, one transducer, USB cable, power cord, gel, Quick-Start Guide, Operator’s Manual.
OraQuick Rapid Home HIV-1/2 Antibody Test

OraQuick Rapid Home HIV-1/2 Antibody Test

The OraQuick ADVANCE® Rapid HIV-1/2 Antibody Test detects antibodies to HIV-1 and HIV-2 in 20 minutes.

The OraQuick test provides the following features:

  • Provides results in 20 minutes, enabling patients to learn their status in a single visit and allows HIV positive patients to be connected to care immediately.
  • Approved for oral fluid, plasma, fingerstick or venipuncture whole blood specimens. Ideal for both clinical and non-clinical settings.
  • Greater than 99% agreement with confirmatory Western blot.
  • CLIA-waived for oral fluid, fingerstick and venipuncture whole blood and offers the ability to test in non-traditional testing environments, such as outreach programs and mobile testing clinics.
  • Offers patients accurate HIV testing without the need for blood or needles. Pain-free testing with oral fluid means more people get screened, more HIV positive patients are connected to care and fewer people are exposed.
Brilliance: Neonatal Jaundice Treatment

Brilliance: Neonatal Jaundice Treatment

Brilliance is a high-performance medical device to treat newborns with severe jaundice. Jaundice is a serious health risk for babies if left untreated. Because of the high price of standard phototherapy devices, most hospitals in the developing world either do not have phototherapy or have substandard devices that provide ineffective treatment.

Brilliance has been optimized for these settings with the following features:

  • Brilliance LEDs last 16-25x longer than compact fluorescent tube lights commonly used in phototherapy devices in low-resource hospitals. With Brilliance, hospitals can save over $200 per year on costly bulb replacements;
  • Brilliance consumes half the power of compact fluorescent tube lights. In case of blackout, it can be run off a battery back-up (the size of a car battery) for up to 8 hours;
  • Designed for extreme durability including protections against voltage surges, high use and other environmental challenges with minimal required maintenance;
  • Height and tilt adjustments to accommodate use with other critical NICU devices and meets UNICEF phototherapy specifications and can be used with hospital beds, bassinets and other treatment surfaces.

Whereas the standard compact fluorescent light phototherapy devices only treat 42 babies before bulb replacement is required to maintain its effectiveness, a Brilliance device is estimated to treat approximately 1,042 babies.

DryBath

DryBath

DryBath provides a waterless hygiene solution to the poor.

DryBath™ is the world’s first germicidal Bath-substituting™ skin lotion/gel. It is a proprietary blend of a biocide, bioflavonoids and moisturisers. DryBath™ is a germicidal Bath-substituting™ skin lotion; it is the 1st and only skin lotion to be specifically made to substitute bathing for the common man. DryBath has a gel consistency and comes in EasyPack™ sachets mean the product is easy to use with no mess or waste. A 15ml DryBath™ sachet replaces 1 bath (covers 1 full body).

DryBath™ was made to save and improve the lives of the over 2 million indigent people who suffer and often die from easily treatable diseases like trachoma, diarrhoea, etc. DryBath™ provides its users with an environmentally friendly, convenient, and life-saving alternative.

Medic Mobile

Medic Mobile

Medic Mobile makes mobile technology accessible. Most mobile phone owners live in the developing world, yet many mobile health initiatives fail to grow beyond a few dozen people. Mobile Medic aims to close the gap and reach scale by using the phones that are already in people’s hands.

Medic Mobile aims to use the right technology tools for each project. They have supported mHealth projects in partnership with 30+ organizations in 20 countries, and their tool kit includes software they’ve built themselves, as well as software developed by other organizations. Their aim is to focus on what their implementing partners and users want to accomplish. Through their projects they’ve gained experience with SMS, structured SMS, USSD, email, SIM apps, J2ME apps, Android apps, and hosted and distributed web applications. Once they determine the needs of community-based and facility-based users they are able to select, customize or create the necessary tools.

Medic Mobile works with partner organizations that provide high-impact health services in challenging settings and guides them towards low-cost tools and more effective health services.

Mobile Medic used free and open source software to boost immunization rates by more than 20%, to contain disease outbreaks, and to make drug stock reporting 4x cheaper and 134x faster. Their efforts have impacted the care of over 600,000 patients.

JANMA Clean Birth Kit

JANMA Clean Birth Kit

JANMA is a $2 clean birth kit, created to help hospitals and nonprofit organizations prevent infection at time of birth and reduce maternal and infant mortality. The kit contains simple tools recommended by the World Health Organization to provide sanitation and sterility at the time of childbirth, which not only saves the lives of mother and baby, but also helps ensure a healthy and happy start to life.

Kit contents include:

-Underpad -Surgical scalpel blade (Gamma radiated) -Cord clamp (ETO sterile) -Bar of soap -Baby Wiping Cloth -Jute purse packaging -Pictorial instructions

ayzh employs women to package JANMA components in a biodegradable jute bag that can be reused by new mothers as a purse.

Child ViSion Self-Adjustable Eyeglasses

Child ViSion Self-Adjustable Eyeglasses

Child ViSion™ tackles poor vision by providing self-adjustable glasses through school-based distribution programs in the developing world.

Child Vision™ has developed self-adjustable glasses which the wearer is able to adjust until they can see clearly. These glasses are based on a fluid-filled lens technology that is similar to that used in the Adspecs, the original self-adjustable, fluid-filled glasses developed by Professor Joshua Silver.

While the Adspecs were designed for use by adults, the Child Vision™ glasses have been developed specifically for use by young people aged from 12-18. These glasses are small and light, and have been designed to withstand hard use in challenging environments.

PlumpyField Nutrition Solutions

PlumpyField Nutrition Solutions

PlumpyField network partners produce a range of Plump products, such as PlumpyNut, that are used for preventing malnutrition, treating moderate acute malnutrition, and treating severe acute malnutrition.

The PlumpyField® partners can produce the whole range of Plumpy® type products developed by NUTRISET for the treatment and prevention of the different forms of malnutrition. At start, most of the members start with the production of Plumpy’Nut® to respond to the most critical form of malnutrition (severe acute malnutrition). Then, as the production increases and meets the demand for Ready to Use Therapeutic Food, the members diversify with the production of others products and move towards prevention.

The products do not require any preparation and carry a two year shelf life, making them ideal for use in emergency settings or in remote parts of the developing world.

PlumpyField nutrition solutions are directly produced by network partners in the following countries: the United States (Rhode Island), Ethiopia, Madagascar, Haiti, France, India, Tanzania, Burkina Faso, Uganda, Sudan, Niger, and the Dominican Republic.

SolarEar Hearing Aid

SolarEar Hearing Aid

From: www.solarear.com.br

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 6000 million people are hearing impaired, This is because of lack of prevention and treatment of diseases as well as higher noise pollution in several employment sectors. In its more severe form, this disorder is keeping otherwise healthy children and adults from going to school and working as they are considered deaf, even if they are not. The extent of hearing loss leads to poverty and hardship in the families and communities affected, and through extension, to the larger society. Those effected suffer from the lack of educational and occupational opportunities. People with disabilities account for a higher per cent age of unemployed than national average and have less access to education and training, as well as a higher incidence of HIV.

Through a Brazilian Foundation, Instituto CEFAC plus a social marketing organization Legar, plus several University stakeholders and in conjunction with the youths who are deaf, from an NGO in Africa, Solar Ear Brazil, manufactures, assembles and distributes, the first digital rechargeable hearing aid, a new solar battery charger and rechargeable hearing aid batteries which costs the same as disposible zinc air batteries, but lasts 2 to 3 years. All products are assembled by young employees who are deaf. By developing practical technologies for the region and creating employment, training and education programs, this project is a sustainable professional enterprise, as well as effect the way civil society views the skills of people with disabilities.

Jaipur Knee - ReMotion

Jaipur Knee - ReMotion

Globally, approximately 10 million above-knee amputees live in developing countries and need assistive devices to regain mobility and return to work. The knee joint is the most complex and expensive component of a leg prosthesis system, and modern prosthesis, with price tags that can reach tens of thousands of dollars are prohibitively expensive for the 80% of amputees who live on less than $4 a day.

The ReMotion Knee is a low-cost, high-quality device designed specifically to fit the needs and financial constraints of these amputees. Currently, Design Revolution is conducting field testing for this project. They plan to fit 1,000 amputees in India with the help of their supporters. The prosthetic can handle 165 degrees of motion, to facilitate sitting and squatting.

Sana

Sana

Sana is a standard-focused open-source system that supports audio, images, location-based data, text, and in the future, video. Sana’s front-end for data and media capture is accessible through a fully programmable workflow interface. The back-end provides an intuitive user interface for management of medical media. Sana was built to be integrated with OpenMRS and other commonly used medical record systems for portability. The system infrastructure and design allows for modularity and interoperation.

Some of the other key features provided include:

  • Built-in training and workflow solution at the mobile device level can be used to train local nurses and health workers.
  • Open source foundation to encourage re-use of the solutions being developed.
  • Expert-labeled database that contains quality auditing and cost controls, rapid search and review, and a training set for (future) automated A.I. classification of images, audio and video.
  • Software is downloaded to the phone so decision support is available even when connection is poor or non-existent.
  • Data transfer is algorithmically controlled to ensure reliable uploads even in poor coverage areas.
True Energy Sure Chill Vaccine Refrigerator

True Energy Sure Chill Vaccine Refrigerator

The True Energy Sure Chill® Vaccine Refrigerator is a new product which allows for the safe storage of vaccines. Powered either by solar or mains electricity, the refrigerators guarantee the safe storage of vaccines even in the harshest environments ensuring the success of immunization programmes around the world.

How it works: The True Energy Vaccine Refrigerator contains our patented Sure Chill technology, which uses phase change material to enable constant, cool temperatures and the storage of energy until it’s needed.

The mains powered refrigerator can operate on less than 2½ hours of electricity per day in an ambient temperature of 32C. The solar version operates at very low light intensity and both versions will maintain a safe temperature for vaccine storage for more than 12 days at 32C without any power whatsoever.

Sure Chill’s monitoring system limits temperature fluctuation within the cabinet to less than 1C and guarantees never to form ice on the walls of the cabinet thereby eliminating the risk of freezing vaccines and destroying their potency.

Benefits:

  • Constant, reliable cooling in severe environments
  • Operates on mains electricity or solar power
  • Runs on 2½ hours of mains supply a day
  • Stays cool without power for more than 12 days at 32C ambient
  • Smart Grid ready
  • Faster cooling
  • Safe storage -- eliminates danger of freezing
  • No defrost required
  • No other technology comes close to this performance
HELP: Health Education Library for People

HELP: Health Education Library for People

HELP is India's largest patient education center housing more than 11,000 authentic books on possibly every aspect of health and diseases, along with pamphlets, health care magazines, and an exhaustive audiovisual section too.

Cooking Oil Press

Cooking Oil Press

From KickStart.org: The press extracts oil from sunflower, sesame, and other oil seeds. The filter produces clear, cold-pressed, nutritious cooking oil ready for sale or consumption. The seedcake by-product is valued as a high protein animal feed supplement.

Our MoneyMaker Block Press and MoneyMaker Oil Press are only available for distribution in the following East African countries:

Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Outside these countries, these products are only available for shipment by container load.

Ruby Cup Menstrual Cup

Ruby Cup Menstrual Cup

Ruby Cup is a healthy, high-quality and long-lasting menstrual hygiene product made of 100% FDA approved medical-grade silicone that can be re-used for up to 10 years. Ruby Cup is a menstrual hygiene solution for all girls and women.

Ruby Cup is worn internally to collect menstrual fluid during one's period. Unlike a tampon, Ruby Cup does not absorb menstrual fluid. This removes some causes of dryness and reduces the risk of leftover fibers, ultimately making Ruby Cup a more healthy solution for maintaining the vaginal bacteria balance.

Ruby Cup contains no harmful chemicals, absorbency gels, additives, or perfumes. There are no side effects nor Toxic Shock Syndrome associated with Ruby Cup.

Hem-Solar

Hem-Solar

From Omron's HEM-SOLAR website: HEM-SOLAR (HEM-4500-SOLE) Solar charging semi-automatic blood pressure monitor

The HEM-SOLAR is an eco-friendly product for use in settings where batteries and AC power are not available or for those looking for a ‘greener’ alternative power source.

Features:- Hypertension indicator- Large 3-fold display (Sys/Dia/Pulse)- Operated by solar charged battery, AC adapter or standard batteries (all included)- Including: medium cuff (22-32cm); Small or large cuff as optional accessories- Complies with RoHS European directive- Clinically validated (International Protocol)

Breath Abacus

Breath Abacus

Young children can develop infections in the lung, known as pneumonias. These can be potentially harmful, especially for those children without immediate access to emergency care. Doctors in clinics in under-resourced areas often travel between clinics and are unable to see patients on a regular basis - yet, they are the only health professionals trained to diagnosis pneumonia. With the Breath Abacus, however, allied health workers can simply slide the beads to count a child's respiration rate. The beads are color coded to determine the final diagnosis. An hourglass connected to the abacus counts down for one minute; if a red bead is counted before one minute is up, pneumonia can be diagnosed with high accuracy. The abacus can be constructed with local materials according to the image shown in the solution description.

1600 pieces of the breath counter (with electronic timer instead of the sand timer) can be supplied at $10 per piece plus transport and packing charges.

Embrace Infant Warmer

Embrace Infant Warmer

The Embrace Infant Warmer is a low-cost infant warmer designed for the developing world. The design looks like a miniature sleeping bag, but in reality, will saves lives of vulnerable infants. It is a new, low-cost solution to help keep low birth weight babies' body temperature warm so they can survive and thrive in developing countries.

How it works:

  1. Heat the phase-change pouch using the electric heater or the non-electric heating unit with hot water. Within 20 minutes, the pouch will heat up to 37C (98.6F), a temperature critical to a child’s survival.
  2. Place the heated pouch into the sleeping bag warmer and lay the baby inside. The pouch can be reheated hundreds of times. An indicator shows when it needs to be reheated.
  3. The pouch will remain between 37-35C for at least four hours. The phase-change material will absorb heat from the baby if the baby gets too hot, or release heat if the baby gets too cold.
MeasureCAM

MeasureCAM

MeasureCAM is an advanced computer vision system which can accurately measure (and image in 3D) the human body using simple monocular digital camera hardware, such as laptop webcam or a smartphone camera. The software resides in the cloud, and is accessed by remote link. Bandwidth requirements are minimal.

Through emergent technology produced through collaboration with our primary partner, we can provide body volumetric indexing on demand, along with health prediction, body size and shape trending over time, body-fat percentage, and much more.

We can also use the same data for other purposes, such as for the direct production of bespoke clothing at vastly reduced marginal costs.

The technology can also be re-purposed for the measurement of livestock, or for many other organic measurement tasks in a range of industries.

Solar Suitcase

Solar Suitcase

The solar suitcase is a portable and self-contained solar power generation and lighting system suitable for medical settings. A plastic suitcase holds a solar panel along with a charge controller and battery to provide power when sunlight is unavailable. The case can be used in mobile settings or mounted to a wall, functioning as a cabinet.

Included are two medical LED lamps, a cellphone charger, an AA battery charger and outlets for other equipment. Additional batteries can be added to increase the energy the system can store. The system's output is 15 amps at 12vdc and can be ordered with 40 or 80 watt solar panels. A 12 amp-hour sealed lead-acid battery is included.
The system can be expanded with larger panels and batteries.

This rugged system is ideal for situations where small amounts of electricity are needed immediately, such as rural locations. The suitcase is easily transported and takes very little time and effort to set up. It is suitable for emergency medical care as it provides both lighting and power for medical equipment every day. The system operates on 12vdc with fault protection and has a sealed vapor free battery, making it safe to use inside of a healthcare facility.

IV Drip Controller

IV Drip Controller

This device allows for controlled administration of intravenous medicine without the need for trained staff or specialized equipment. In developed nations IV drips are delivered by electric pumps when dosing accuracy is needed. These provide and accurate and consistent flow but are expensive and require electricity. IV drips can be administered by gravity but current valves are not intuitive and require practice to use. In emergencies untrained persons are often performing IV administration and may give an incorrect dose due to the design of these valves. This improved valve adjusts flow volume linearly based on the position of a wheel. It is similar to existing designs but the groove the tube sits on is curved, which means the wheel compresses the tube gradually as it is spun up the track on the valve.This makes it easier to use and allows a scale to be printed on the valve body showing what the flow rate is at any given position. Flow rate can be adjusted quickly and with more certainty. This relatively simple design change to an existing product could save lives from medication errors.

mothers2mothers

mothers2mothers

The mothers2mothers approach is simple and effective: employ and train mothers living with HIV to work alongside doctors and nurses, bringing critical information and support to pregnant women and new mothers with HIV. These “Mentor Mothers” have gone through prevention of mother-to-child transmission programs themselves. They are trained as peer educators and role models, educating pregnant women with HIV on how to keep themselves healthy and what steps they can take to have a healthy, HIV-free baby.

Solarclave - Solar Autoclave

Solarclave - Solar Autoclave

Medical devices and instruments need to be properly sterilized before and after use with different patients. Rural clinics in Nicaragua often lack a constant supply of electricity required to attain the 250°F minimum temperature for sterilization. The student designers at Innovations in International Health (IIH) have designed a solar powered autoclave, dubbed Solarclave, to circumvent this issue and promote safe and healthy practices in rural medicine. A series of mirrors reflects sunlight, concentrating rays of light onto a closed bucket which acts as a "pressure cooker". The heat generated inside is well over the required minimum for sterilization; any instruments placed inside the vessel will be sterile and ready for use. The Solarclave's unique design optimally traps the heat reflected by the mirrors, making effective use of materials and time. The parts can be produced using locally-sourced materials (in Nicaragua thus far) and community groups like Las Mujeres Solares have been been trained to quickly assemble these units. The simple assembly also means that the Solarclave can also be transported to other rural clinics for use within the same day.

VIA/cryo

VIA/cryo

VIA/cryo is a medical diagnostic test followed by a simple procedure (if indicated) developed by Dr. Paul Blumenthal and Dr. Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan. Cervical cancer accounts for 30% of all female cancer deaths worldwide. Regular screenings and Pap smears are expensive and often difficult to administer and verify in rural areas. VIA/cryo is a 'one-stop' alternative that utilizes household vinegar to coat the cervix and expose pre-cancerous tumors by blanching them. Nurses trained in the procedure can then administer cryotherapy by freezing off pre-cancerous lesions. Cryotherapy can be conducted anywhere with access to carbon dioxide tanks, commonly found in Coca-Cola or other major bottling factories.

ColaLife Aidpod

ColaLife Aidpod

ColaLife Aidpods are used to distribute an anti-diarrhoea kit through existing soda distribution networks. The specially shaped packages fit between bottles in Coca-Cola crates. They can be shipped through pre-existing channels to get essential medicines to people cheaply and reduce deaths due to dehydration from diarrhea in children under 5 years of age.

Jaipur Foot

Jaipur Foot

The Jaipur Foot is a low cost prosthetic leg with lifelike performance. It uses many of the advanced joint designs found in other prosthetic limbs. It retails for $80, in contrast to American-made prosthetics which can cost more than $10,000. It is easy to adjust, waterproof and can be used either with or without shoes, important for cultural reasons such as entering temples. The limb can be adjusted in the field, meaning only one trip is needed to measure the user and provide the prosthetic.

Zambulance

Zambulance

The Zambulance is a low cost way to comfortably transport patients for medical treatment. It contains a mattress and is completely covered by cloth with a side flap for access. The Zambulance can be pulled by any bicycle. It can be used in remote areas where patients currently have to be carried or pushed in a wheelbarrow. With this vehicle they can be quickly and safely transported for medical treatment.

Adlens Adjustable Eyeglasses

Adlens Adjustable Eyeglasses

Adlens manufactures eyeglasses which can be instantly adjusted to suit the user. They are intended for use where prescription eyeglass fitting is not available and emergency situations where replacement eyeglasses are needed immediately. The polycarbonate lenses are hollow and filled with fluid. Removable adjustment knobs on each lens add or remove fluid to adjust the magnification.

Liver Function Test

Liver Function Test

DFA’s first project is a rapid, low-cost, point-of-care diagnostic device to monitor liver function. While many of the highly potent drugs used to treat HIV/AIDS and TB are toxic to the liver, deaths due to drug-induced liver failure are very rare in countries like the United States, where a patient’s liver function is monitored regularly. Yet this is not the case in resource-poor countries, where roughly 20% of TB patients and 25% of HIV/AIDS patients, lacking access to diagnostic tools, succumb to liver complications related to their treatment.

Designed specifically for use in the developing world, DFA’s device will enable semi-quantitative determination of two key liver enzymes, AST (aspartate transaminase) and ALT (alanine transaminase), which are routinely used to measure liver toxicity amongst patients receiving antiretroviral medications. As the liver becomes damaged by potent medications, these two enzymes, usually found in the liver, are released into the blood stream. From a single drop of whole blood, this test will determine whether blood levels of these two enzymes are baseline/normal, greater than two-times baseline/normal, or greater than five-times baseline/normal. The 2x and 5x thresholds, which indicate that treatments should be “monitored closely” or “altered immediately”, correspond to protocols established by the U.S. FDA to guide treatment during clinical trials.

The liver function test is targeted to cost $0.10 or less, will be about the size of a postage stamp, and will function without external power or equipment. The output will be a straightforward, semi-quantitative colorimetric indication of enzyme levels and will be easily integrated into telemedicine networks.

Sanitary Pads For Africa

Sanitary Pads For Africa

Globally, 150 million children currently enrolled in school may drop out before completing primary school - at least 100 million of these are girls. Kenyan adolescent girls miss approximately 3.5 million learning days per month due to lack of funds to purchase sanitary pads. This impedes their ability to compete in the classroom, leads to low self-esteem, higher drop-out rates and, in many areas of Kenya, makes them vulnerable to early marriage.

ZanaA has found a long-term and holistic solution to this problem, which is to establish a sustainable business creating locally-produced, environmentally-safe sanitary pads in Kenya while advocating for greater policy support of girls.

First, ZanaA plans to coordinate, on-line, the national distribution of sanitary pads, to ensure all vendors are distributing proper sanitary pads and with synchronized training in sanitary pad use and disposal as well as age-appropriate sexual maturation education.

This will help reduce the logistical burden of sanitary pad distribution, ensure sexual predators are not given entry to the school, distribute pads at the convenience of the school curriculum, enable equitable distribution across the country, and reduce the cost burden to donors. Along with this comes the development of a tool kit for enhancing policy around girls and education.

Second, ZanaA has become the exclusive distributor to the informal market (including school girls) for a sanitary pad invented by Dr. Musaazi of Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda, called MakaPads™, made from local, easily replenishable natural resources.

MakaPads has been approved by the Ugandan Bureau of Standards, is in the final stage of registering with the Kenyan Bureau of Standards, and is pending international patent. This is the first of several solutions, to provide sanitary pad production opportunities using available natural resources.

Third, ZanaA is interesting in networking with any producers of sanitary pads and any organizations who provide or who are planning to provide sanitary pads to schools because the world can handle many solutions for different contexts. We are particularly interested in leveraging agricultural waste.

TeachAIDS

TeachAIDS

Founded at Stanford University, TeachAIDS is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit social venture that creates breakthrough software addressing numerous persistent problems in HIV and AIDS prevention around the world. TeachAIDS uses a research-based design process to develop medically-accurate, pedagogically-grounded, and culturally-tailored animated software to optimize learning and retention. Used in more than 70 countries, in partnership with national and international organizations, and incorporating the voices of cultural icons, TeachAIDS provides the most effective HIV and AIDS prevention software to educators, governments, and NGOs around the world – for free.

In addition to downloading the software directly from the website, all of the TeachAIDS lessons are available online at YouTube, or physical copies of the CD-ROM can be purchased, at the cost of printing only, through Stanford University.

Ila Trust - Mobile Clinics and Electronic Medical Record System to improve quality of living

Ila Trust - Mobile Clinics and Electronic Medical Record System to improve quality of living

The Ila Trust is to provide mobile clinics for the most vulnerable population in society. There are two mobile clinics, one works in and around old Delhi in the areas of Lahori Gate, G.B Road, Jama Masjid, Majnu Ka Tila, Turkman Gate, Ajmeri Gate, Jamna Bazaar and Chandini Chowk; the second mobile clinic goes to Okhla Industrial Area. In addition, Ila Trust is now implementing a new electronic medical record (EMR) system supported by HP (Hewlett-Packard), which allows doctors to track patient's health histories, perform follow-up, better manage inventory, identify the geo-density of symptoms and diseases across the greater New Delhi region, and inform public health officials of outbreaks of diseases at times of crisis.

Free Wheelchair Mission Custom Wheelchair

Free Wheelchair Mission Custom Wheelchair

Free Wheelchair Mission is a faith-based charitable organization aimed at providing a safe and well-designed solution for those with physical disabilities around the world. Each wheelchair is designed from already available parts (such as wheels, castors, lawn chairs), and delivered to recipient locations in easy to assemble kits. Each chair only costs $59.20 to manufacture, and is distributed free of charge to recipients with physical disabilities. Charitable organizations around the world may request a minimum order of 550 wheelchairs, which they must then assemble and distribute in their local region. The price of manufacturing the chairs is raised through donations, and participating charitable organizations must raise funds in order to successfully distribute all 550 wheelchairs. The wheels are designed especially for all kinds of terrain, utilizing the strength of mountain bike tires and the speed of castors. All of the component pieces can be assembled directly onto the main steel frame according to a set of easy-to-follow instructions which are mailed with every kit.

Antenatal Screening Kit

Antenatal Screening Kit

Every second four babies are born across the world, totaling about 130 million births per year. Unfortunately, complications cause 6.3 million maternal and perinatal deaths per year, with the vast majority of those deaths occurring in developing countries—deaths that in many cases could have been prevented with basic interventions. But in some countries, up to half of expectant mothers do not have access to healthcare during their pregnancies.

This team of biomedical engineers is working closely with Jhpiego, the leading NGO in maternal and child healthcare, to develop an antenatal screening kit to deliver low-cost healthcare to women in even the remotest villages. The kit includes a variety of custom markers pre-filled with reagents for screening tests. The tests are intuitive and simple to use, allowing a semi-trained community health worker to mark a piece of paper and create a custom dipstick for the mother. The kit contains seven tests for conditions including pre-eclampsia, gestational diabetes, malnutrition, and anemia. The team is pilot testing the kit in Nepal.

SILCS Diaphragm

SILCS Diaphragm

Despite the success of family planning programs since the 1960s, the unmet worldwide need for contraception remains high, with an estimated 120 million couples not having access to contraceptives. Each year, nearly 80 million women experience unintended pregnancies, about half of these end in abortion. Hundreds of millions of women annually suffer disability from pregnancy complications, and more than 500,000 die as a result of pregnancy, childbirth, or unsafe abortion. Almost all these deaths are preventable. Women also represent more than 50 percent of people living with AIDS; and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), excluding HIV/AIDS, are the second most important cause of loss of health in women, especially young women. Women want and need more female-initiated methods that can protect against pregnancy and STIs. Diaphragms could help meet this need, but some characteristics of traditional diaphragms limit their use and acceptability.

PATH responded to the call for simple-to-use, female barrier protection by developing the SILCS Diaphragm, a single-size, reusable device with a contoured rim that allows the SILCS Diaphragm to Žfit most women with improved comfort. Design and development of the SILCS Diaphragm began in 1994, and user-centered evaluations of over 200 prototype designs refined performance and features. The single-size design will simplify the logistics of supply and provision. PATH used stakeholder assessments to ensure that comfort, ease of handling, and acceptability were built into the product. As a result, the SILCS Diaphragm directly addresses user and programmatic needs which will lead to improved access and acceptability. Acceptability studies among naïve users in South Africa and ’ Thailand found that women were able to learn to use the device easily and that women and men found the SILCS Diaphragm acceptable during use. In a comparative crossover study of the SILCS Diaphragm with a traditional diaphragm in the Dominican Republic, 19 of 20 women reported preferring the SILCS Diaphragm device after short-term use. Eventually, the single-size device could be provided over the counter or outside the clinic-based system where regulatory authority and clinical practice allow.

Neonatal Resuscitator

Neonatal Resuscitator

Every year an estimated 4 million babies die in the first four weeks of life. Birth asphyxia/trauma—the condition when a baby does not breathe at birth—is the third most common cause of newborn deaths, accounting for 23 percent of all fatalities. Limited data suggest that deaths due to birth asphyxia have remained relatively unchanged in developing countries. The key to reducing these deaths is the provision of appropriate care to underserved populations during delivery. Approximately 50 million women give birth without a skilled attendant, 99 percent of whom live in low-income countries. Appropriate care for birth asphyxia requires that neonatal resuscitation skills and appropriate technology should be available to all skilled birth attendants and to community-level workers where skilled attendants are not available.

E„ffective neonatal resuscitation equipment is needed by all birth attendants in order to reduce the danger of birth asphyxiation. Neonatal resuscitator technologies that are affordable and easy to use, clean, and store could increase the use of such lifesaving devices in the developing world. While currently available neonatal resuscitation devices are available in both bag and mask designs and tube and mask designs, their accessibility is limited in some world regions due to poor availability and affordability. The estimated potential impact of widespread introduction and use of neonatal resuscitators could be about one million neonatal deaths averted annually.

Microbicide Applicator

Microbicide Applicator

In the midst of the growing AIDS pandemic, microbicides could provide urgently needed options for women and men seeking protection from HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. With numerous microbicide products in preclinical or clinical trials, most research has focused on the safety and effectiveness of candidate products, with much less research targeted on devices for delivering these products.

PATH Vaccine Resource Library

PATH Vaccine Resource Library

PATH's Vaccine Resource Library (VRL) seeks to gather the world's top immunization resources in a single portal. The VRL offers a wide variety of high-quality, scientifically accurate documents and links to resources on specific diseases and topics in immunization addressed by PATH's work. It is geared toward health professionals in the developing and industrialized worlds, as well as journalists, policymakers, community leaders, parents, and anyone else interested in vaccine-related resources.

The resources found on the VRL are collected from a variety of sources, such as scientific journals, websites, news media, and public health practitioners, as well as suggestions from VRL users. In addition to resources developed by PATH, the VRL contains materials published by international leaders in public health, including the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Health Organization (WHO), the GAVI Alliance, and many others.

PATH Clean Delivery Kit

PATH Clean Delivery Kit

The basic delivery kit is an inexpensive, simple kit designed to help create a clean birthing environment, particularly for home births. The contents of the delivery kit include a clean razor blade, cord ties, a small bar of soap, a plastic delivery sheet, and pictorial instructions. The delivery kit is designed for use by skilled birth attendants, family members, and women who give birth unassisted in the home. Community health workers and traditional birth attendants are oriented to the kits so they can either provide it as part of their birth delivery services or encourage families to purchase the kit for home deliveries. The kits are also designed to be sold through retail distribution outlets.

SoloShot

SoloShot

Although sterile, disposable syringes and needles o ffer the best protection against transmission of bloodborne diseases, they are often reused in the developing world. Each year, more than 12 billion injections are administered worldwide; in developing countries 50 percent of injections are estimated to be unsafe. A primary source of transmission of disease has been the reuse of contaminated needles and syringes. To be completely safe, single-use injection devices must be designed to automatically and irrevocably inactivate after a single cycle of filling and injection. The World Health Organization/Expanded Programme on Immunization (WHO/EPI) called for the design of such devices in 1987.

In response to WHO’s call, PATH designed one of the first feasible approaches to nonreusable syringes for immunizations: an autodisable (AD) syringe with a fixed needle that automatically locks after a single injection. When the syringe is filled to the preset 0.5-ml level, the plunger stops and cannot be pulled back further. After the vaccine is injected, the plunger automatically locks so that the syringe and needle cannot be reused. Known as the SoloShot syringe, this technology was licensed to and is now manufactured and marketed by BD, one of the world’s leading syringe manufacturers. Third-party field validations of the device in Pakistan in the early 1990s demonstrated the acceptability and usability of the design. PATH also has assisted several other manufacturers of AD syringes to ensure a wide variety of products are available and to facilitate the lower pricing that accompanies increased competition and production volume.

Intradermal Adapter

Intradermal Adapter

Rabies vaccine is expensive and often in short supply—approximately 20,000 people die of rabies each year in India, often because they were unable to access treatment. For rabies vaccine, the same or better protection can be achieved by delivering smaller amounts of vaccine intradermally (into the top layer of the skin), sparing valuable doses and stretching supplies to provide for more patients. Intradermal (ID) regimens for rabies vaccine have been adopted in many regions, protecting people who have been exposed to rabid animals, while saving costs and vaccine.

This approach is not yet universal, despite clear benefits, due in part to the difficulty of giving an ID injection correctly. The Mantoux technique, which uses a traditional needle and syringe for ID delivery, has historically been recognized as a difficult and inconsistently used technique. In many countries, only certain health care workers are able to perform ID injections, such as for rabies vaccine and Bacillus Calmette-Guérin or BCG, a vaccine given intradermally at birth to prevent tuberculosis. Smaller ID doses of other vaccines could also be effective. Such dose sparing could be particularly meaningful to immunization programs in low- and middle-income countries, as they could potentially reduce the amount of vaccine needed per patient, thereby cutting costs and overcoming vaccine shortages. However, concerns regarding the difficulty and a lack of reliability of conventional ID injections limit research in this field and introduction of this technique into immunization programs.

The intradermal adapter makes ID injections easier. It facilitates the procedure by standardizing injection depth and angle. It is anticipated that the ID adapter would expand the pool of health care workers capable of performing the procedure. This would have a particularly high impact in remote or underserved communities with more limited access to health care specialists.

BIRTHweigh

BIRTHweigh

Low birth weight is the invisible undertow for infants in the developing world, where 95 percent of underweight children are born. Babies who don’t weigh enough at birth are terribly vulnerable. Their bodies are not strong, and they may have a difficult time breathing, eating, gaining weight, and fighting infection. Babies who weigh less than 2.5 kg at birth are approximately 20 times more likely to die than heavier infants.

Many babies in the developing world are delivered at home, by traditional birth attendants or midwives who may lack the training and tools to recognize low birth weight. PATH’s BIRTHweigh scale helps low-literate health workers identify low-birthweight children immediately. Once identified, these infants can be given care, such as immediate breastfeeding and warming, or referred for higher levels of medical care. The BIRTHweigh scale compensates for low levels of literacy by supplying pictorial instructions for use. It depends on a simple indicator for low birth weight and is easy to use; little training is required, allowing health workers in the developing world to detect low birth weight in infants before complications arise.

To use the BIRTHweigh scale, health workers place the baby in a secure sling that is suspended by a hook on the scale. Instead of the common digital or dial readouts that report an infant’s exact weight, the first version of the scale had a window that shows yellow if the baby’s weight is too low and blue if the baby weighs at least 2.5 kg, the desired weight for a healthy newborn.

During tests in Indonesia—where 250,000 Indonesian infants die each year from preventable illnesses—we found that during night deliveries, in huts with little or no lighting, birth attendants were unable see the color change. PATH took the recommendations of the midwives and field testers and modified the scale to include a tactile indicator on the top of the handle. The indicator button sinks into the grip if the baby weighs at least 2.5 kilograms, and birth attendants can feel whether babies are at a healthy weight, even in the dark.

Jet Injector

Jet Injector

Injections without needles? It may sound too good to be true, but PATH and our commercial partners are bringing “jet injection” to developing-country immunization programs, where the technology will make it safer for kids to get their shots.

Jet injectors use pressure rather than needles to deliver vaccine as a fine stream of fluid that passes through the skin and into the tissue. New and improved over older models that had some drawbacks, today’s jet injectors overcome many of the risks associated with injections in low-resource settings.

Ultra Rice

Ultra Rice

Ultra Rice grains resemble locally milled rice grains in size, shape, and color, but they are made from rice flour, selected micronutrients, and nutrient-protecting ingredients that are combined and extruded through a rice-shaped mold. When the Ultra Rice grains are blended with white rice—usually in a ratio of about 1 to 100—the result is nearly identical to unfortified rice in smell, taste, and texture.

The technology is ingenious in its ability to protect micronutrients within the manufactured grain. In addition to preventing them from being rinsed away, the Ultra Rice grains preserve sensitive micronutrients from degradation during storage. Currently, there are two formulations of Ultra Rice. One carries vitamin A, and the other can carry iron, thiamin, folic acid, and zinc.

The Ultra Rice technology can be adapted to contain just the nutrients a population needs—and to mimic the look of the local rice. Its versatility allows grains that look like the short-grained rice of China to carry one combination of vitamins and minerals, while grains resembling the longer, thinner rice in Brazil deliver a completely different combination of micronutrients.

Coconuts Used to Prevent Malaria

Coconuts Used to Prevent Malaria

Coconuts naturally incubate a strain of bacteria called Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis, or Bti. Bti produce a toxin that kills mosquito larvae. By cutting a hole into a coconut, inserting a swab of Bti and sealing the hole with candle wax, the bacteria can grow as the coconut ferments. When the coconut is ready, it is placed in a pond or other breeding site for mosquitoes, where it will do its job of cutting down on the mosquito population.

Olyset Net

Olyset Net

Traditional mosquito nets require regular dipping in insecticide to maintain effectiveness in repelling mosquitoes, as insecticide is dislodged during regular use and washing. There are also practical problems in re-treating nets in remote areas, a long way from the urban centres where stocks of insecticide and trained advisors are located.

Sumitomo Chemical engineers set about developing the first net that does not need this constant re-treatment. The process begins with insecticide-impregnated beads, which are extruded into fiber and warped onto bobbins to be knitted into rolls of netting.

The netting rolls are cut into sized panels which are machine-stitched into the nets themselves. Chemical and physical checks are made before the nets are sent for delivery by land, sea and air. Because the insecticide is incorporated within the fibers, Olyset Nets are truly ready-to-use, long-lasting and never in need of treatment. Washing does not diminish their effectiveness, and they have been shown to still repel mosquitoes seven years after initially being put into use.

Key features:

-Guaranteed to last at least five years. Research indicates that a seven-year life is often achievable. -Tough – Olyset Net uses polyethylene technology that makes the net stronger and more tear resistant than polyester nets. -Controlled release technology – unlike polyester nets, the insecticide in Olyset Net is contained within the fibre, not coated on the outside. This technology provides a slow release of the active ingredient which continues to control mosquitoes for more than five years. -Quadruple insecticide effect on mosquitoes – bite inhibition, repellency, knockdown, kill. All contribute to protection from biting mosquitoes and other insects.

Sunlight Omnisense 8000S

Sunlight Omnisense 8000S

Sunlight Omnisense® 8000S is a mobile bone assessment device that delivers precision and accuracy along with user-friendly, radiation-free measurement at multiple skeletal sites. Omnisense 8000S offers complete portability, providing a mobile bone assessment solution for the clinics and physicians that require it.

Omnisense 8000S is the only portable bone assessment device on the market today with measurement at multiple skeletal sites. Measurement with Omnisense 8000S is based on Omnipath®, a patented technology developed for diagnosing and monitoring osteoporosis. Omnisense 8000S can also be used as a shared resource or a mobile service due to its portability, quick-set-up, and compactness.

Omnisense 8000S is a compact self-contained device based on a familiar Windows user interface. The Omnisense concept embodies unique patient history and scheduling features which enable you to easily track measurement history and monitor treatment.

Features: -Compact and portable -Measurement at multiple skeletal sites -Ethnicity-based male and female reference databases -Fits WHO criteria for osteoporosis diagnosis -FDA and CE approved -Cost-effective

Solar Vaccine Refrigerator

Solar Vaccine Refrigerator

While many healthcare solutions for battling known diseases exist, getting these solutions to those in need is often difficult. In remote parts of the developing world, the reliability of electricity or fuel is often low, and energy needs must be consistently met in order to preserve vaccines, for example. KXN Nigeria Ltd. has developed a refrigerator system that utilizes a photovoltaic module for constant, reliable power.

The RFVB-134a, a refrigerator designed by Sun Frost, has 38.7 liters of capacity. At this relatively small size, this refrigerator can hold over 70,000 polio vaccines. In the hot climate of rural Nigeria, it is important to keep these vaccines cooled to 3 degrees celsius to prevent degradation. KXN Nigeria Ltd. provides rural health centers with a solar PV module, battery, and charge controller along with this refrigerator. The refrigerator consumes an average of 03.kWh of electricity per day, and the lead-acid solar batter is designed to withstand the unique discharging cycles required by the unit.

CareStart Malaria Professional Kit

CareStart Malaria Professional Kit

This product is used for the rapid qualitative determination of Malaria Histidine-rich Protein 2 (HRP2) in human blood as an aid in the diagnosis of Malaria infection. After placing 5 microliters of whole blood into the sample well, add 2 drops of assay buffer into the buffer well. Test results will be available in 20 minutes.

ReMeDi™ Telemedicine Solution

ReMeDi™ Telemedicine Solution

Telemedicine and Electronic Records Software

Neurosynaptic Communications and the Telecommunications and Computer Networking Group (TeNeT) have developed software to act as a remote medical diagnostic kit that can be installed at villages and other remote locations, which have Internet connectivity.

The doctor, who is present in a different location (maybe in a city), and the patient at the remote location, are connected to each other over a video conferencing link.

The software enables:

  • Video, audio conferencing
  • Access to electronic Patient Medical Records
  • Medical data transfer in real-time
  • Audio/video conferencing at extremely low bandwidth
  • Standalone/ store-and-forward mode
  • Image capture and storage in patient records
  • Normal configuration PC with web: camera, speakers and microphones.
  • Text chat facility
  • Integrates with Neurosynatics Multi-parameter Data Acquisition Unit for a complete telemedicine solution
  • Compatability with WinXP/ Win2K/ WinME/ Win98