Alezer Abeje of Alert Center will develop an Android-based fetal heart monitoring system using Xlab Digital that can be accessible at low cost and easy to use by health workers at remote health facilities to improve the quality of obstetric care.
Binyam Chakilu of University of Gondar in Ethiopia will develop the eAmbulance program system using existing ambulances and private cars to transport expectant pregnant mothers from remote areas to the health facility on time, helping to reduce maternal and early child morbidity and mortality through creation of a new business model where GPS and low-cost mobile phones will be used to efficiently manage the system.
Habitamu Abafogi of Jimma University in Ethiopia will develop an infant warmer for jaundice treatment, with similar technical characteristics of products currently available in the market but four times lower in cost, that can be used to reach health facilities in remote areas without restrictions due to power sources and are less complicated and easier to use, transport, manipulate, install, troubleshoot, and replace main parts for.
Rediet Adamu of Jima University in Ethiopia will develop a system of Internet of Things (IoT)-enabled fetal and maternal care follow-up and vital sign monitoring and alerting, leveraging sensors with microcontrollers and wireless communication in real-time to improve the quality of service for mothers in labor and to save fetal lives though timely management action.
Galan Ayana of Jimma University in Ethiopia will develop a hemoglobin-measuring device that will reach the unreached communities easily through health workers in remote health facilities because it is non-invasive, affordable, and comfortable to use for pregnant women for the diagnosis of anemia.
Gurmessa Tura of Jimma University in Ethiopia will develop a system to help increase community-level demand for maternal health services and establish a tracking system for those who need the health services in Ethiopia.
Zinabu Hadush of Mekele University in Ethiopia will develop a system using mobile-based short message services (SMS) to reach women currently not reached and provide information and education on the use of family planning services and from where and how to get family planning services to improve the uptake and utilization of family planning among women in resource-limited settings in Ethiopia.
Mirkuzie Wolde of Jimma University in Ethiopia will test the use of an innovative mobile-health intervention to enhance the uptake of maternal and child services by providing advice on health issues and information on maternal and child health services, including where they can access these services and how they can access them.
Sakata Abera of Ethiopian Public Health Institute in Ethiopia will develop an integrated infant incubator solution that will be used both as an incubator for premature neonates and as a phototherapy machine for the treatment of jaundiced neonates that can be used in areas where electric power sources are limiting.
Habtamu Abafogi Melkamu of Jimma University in Ethiopia will develop solar phototherapy units for neonatal jaundice treatment for neonates without current access to this treatment due to lack of electric power.