The Embrace Warmer is an easy-to-use, portable warmer for hypothermic infants in low-resource settings. It is designed to be used anywhere and does not need continuous power. Embrace has been adopted by doctors, nurses and new mothers for use in NICU, maternity ward and transport.
East and West Africa and India. Pilots are underway for Afghanistan, China, Guatemala, Mexico, Somalia, South Sudan, Uganda and Zambia.
The Embrace infant warmer costs approximately $200. The components of the warmer—the AccuTemp heater, WarmPak warming pad, and BabyWrap insulated wrap – are included in this cost.
Commercially available incubators, radiant warmers, hot water bottles, thermocool boxes, light bulbs
Goal 3: to improve and promote good health.
Preventable and treatable complications related to premature and low birth weight, including hypothermia.
Embrace is designed for use by clinically trained caregivers as an infant warmer in the clinic, or during transport.