mothers2mothers

The Mentor Mother Model is a simple and effective approach that trains, employs and empowers local mothers living with HIV, called Mentor Mothers, as frontline healthcare workers in understaffed health centers and within communities. In ...

Dr. Shane Quinonez, M.D.

The MiGene Family History Application is a mobile app available for Android that assists physicians in gathering patient demographic data and medical histories. It can also record data and, while helping community health workers care for their ...

PATH

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 ...

Nanoly Bioscience, Inc.

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 ...

PATH

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 ...

PATH

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 ...

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 ...

Nutriset

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 ...

Sumitomo Chemical

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 ...

Compatible Technology International

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 ...

OneBreath Inc.

Information updated: April 30th 2020

OneBreath is a ventilator intended for use in ICUs, emergency rooms, and ambulances. The OneBreath ventilator is designed to provide continuous respiratory support for infant through adult patients. It ...

EinDollarBrille e.V.

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 ...

Pop Solution

This is a Bellows device.
Summary Specs:

• This is a Volume Control Ventilation device.
• What is the plateau pressure range? Not sure.
• Does it have PEEP? Yes
• Does it have an alarm? No
• Does it have a backup ...

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 ...

Medical Technology Transfer Services

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 ...

OraSure Technologies, Inc.

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 ...

OxVent

Information updated: April 20th 2020

This is a pneumatic device.

OxVent has been built with readily available off-the-shelf components and is a safe, simple design that can be easily assembled and operated. It has been designed to be ...

PATH

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 ...

Population Services International (PSI)

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 ...

Intellectual Ventures Lab

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 ...

University of Southampton

Information updated: May 3rd 2020

This is an Air Purifying Respirator (PAPR) hood.

Personal respirators use a fan to draw in air, through a filter, and deliver it to an enclosed hood or face mask. PeRSo (Personal Respirator Southampton) ...

Vestergaard

PermaNet® long-lasting insecticidal bed nets (LLIN) play a critical role in the fight against malaria. Vector control tools are the main way to prevent and reduce malaria transmission, a disease that kills over 400,000 people a year ...

Medic Mobile

The Hope Phones campaign was created in 2009 as a way to fund the global efforts of Medic Mobile, their parent organization that advances healthcare in 16 countries with mobile technology. Half a million cell phones are discarded in the United ...

Photonic Sentry

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 ...

Doane Nets Project

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 ...

PlumpyField

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 ...

Project OpenAir

This is a Pressure Regulation device.

A simple mechanical ventilator intended as a last resort to ventilate COVID-19 patients. The prototype implements the pressure-controlled continuous mandatory ventilation mode (PC-CMV) with settable ...

LGTmedical

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 ...

Hadleigh Health Technologies (subsidiary of 3rd Stone Design)

Conditions associated with premature birth, often related to breathing problems, are the leading cause of neonatal mortality. In the developed world, these respiratory conditions caused by prematurity can be treated using bubble Continuous ...

Bharat Biotech

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 ...

Neurosynaptic Communications

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 ...

Design Revolution

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 ...

Real Relief

Reliefnet Reverte contains a feature that makes this innovative product the number one choice for environmental safety. Reliefnet Reverte has a build-in oxo-biodegradable technology, which ensures that the product will not turn into plastic ...

Makit Ltd.

Ruby Cup is an award-winning social business with a mission to provide a sustainable and healthy menstrual health solution to women and girls worldwide.

They make menstrual cups that are a healthier, and more cost-effective and ...

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

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 ...

Sustainable Health Enterprises (SHE)

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 ...