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Editor’s note: Eye care venture PlenOptika found that contrary to common assumptions, the reason more people in the world...
Engineering for Change
Interest: Health
Technology is essential to good health worldwide. Product designers are revealing its potential with devices such as paper-based rapid disease diagnostics, accurate male circumcision tools that can reduce the rate of HIV infection, and suites of telemedicine tools that put doctors on screens right in a patient’s home. Medical devices are the link between good design and good health.
Interest: Health
It Will Take a Lot More Than Free Menstrual Pads to End Peri...
All of those who menstruate, wherever they live, experience challenges when managing their period. These might include a lack of products, toilets or disposal facilities, enduring pain, being bullied...
Sascan Oral Cancer Screener Is in Clinical Trials
A medical device startup in Bengaluru, India, is conducting clinical trials with its oral cancer detection system and can now differentiate between types of cancers. The startups, Sascan, impressed...
The Development of Ukweli Test Strips
In 2015, researchers at Penn State noticed a curious way that some rural communities in sub-Saharan Africa were screening for diabetes. People would urinate on a flat rock, then...
Period Poverty Occurs in the United States, Too
When you hear about the lack of menstrual hygiene knowledge, products and access you generally picture women and girls in Asian, African or Latin American countries. What if you...
Research Brief: Large-Scale Stove and Water Filter Delivery ...
A new large-scale trial of clean-burning rocket stoves and water filters in the poorest households in Western Province, Rwanda, adds evidence supporting their efficacy in improving respiratory and digestive...
Saving mothers, Giving Life: One Solution at a Time
“Saving Mothers, Giving Life has undeniably raised the bar in how we address maternal perinatal mortality,” said Dr. Florina Serbanescu, Team Lead of Global Reproductive Health Evidence for Action...
Ten Cold Chain Solutions, from Evaporation to Camelback
Off-grid cold-chain technologies keep the important things cold in places where electricity and infrastructure are in short supply. Natural...
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iShow India 2019 Awards Silk, Stoves and Stethoscopes
A stove for the Himalayas, a solar-powered silk reeler and an upgraded stethoscope won iShow India 2019. Designers of...
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I Experienced the Same Taboos as the Women in the Documentary ‘Period. End of Sentence’
Period. End of Sentence, a short film on menstrual hygiene from India, beat eight other international contenders to win...
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A Developer’s Challenge: Building Mobile Tech for the Developing World
We are in the age of near-constant innovation. From the latest smartphone models, to connected personal medical devices, to...
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Origins of a Startup: The Mechanical Engineer Nneile Nkholise Founded iMed Tech in South Africa
The following is an excerpt from the book Founding Women: African Women Who Are Defying the Odds to Build...
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Empowering First Responders in Gaza: Students in Baltimore and Gaza Design Solutions for Humanitarian Health
Gaza may be underprepared for armed conflict, natural disasters or other emergencies that inflict mass casualties, in part because...
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An obstetric device in development treats postpartum hemorrhage in low-resource medical centers
I had the privilege of pitching the obstetric device I’m developing with a team at the University of Michigan...
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A Better Portable Air Quality Monitor
Camera sensors and machine learning may make portable air quality monitoring more cost effective and accurate. Ever wondered how...
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Shh.. Don’t Tell Kids but Playing with Soap Actually Prevents Disease and Even Childhood Mortality
Don’t tell the kids, but the colored mess they’re making with their hands is probably good for them. Soapen...
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Assistive Devices in Low-Income Countries: Adaptability and Recent Innovations
The elderly and people with disabilities in low- and middle-income countries remain underserved with poor access to assistive technology....
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