Maternal, Newborn, and Adolescent Health

FREO2 Solar: Battery-free solar-powered oxygen system for small health facilities

Augmented infant resuscitator: transitioning a novel behavior change innovation to drive newborn ventilation enhancement to improve newborn health outcomes at birth

Rapid diagnostic test for urinary adipsin biomarker-based test for improving PE screening in low resource settings

Evaluation of an Infusion Monitoring Device as a cost-effective way to increase safe access to oxytocin and magesium sulfate

"Help, the Mother is Bleeding!" An interactive voice-controlled virtual mentor to support birth attendants in resource-constrained settings

To scale up specialized training and technology provision for reliable anesthesia to improve surgical and obstetric care

Measurement of Impact of Hemafuse, an autologous blood transfusion device

Monica Nolan of MU-JHU Care Limited in Uganda will adapt the existing open source Smart Register Platform, which digitally stores health records, for the real-time collection and transfer of immunization data, to improve vaccine coverage and other healthcare services for women and children in Uganda. In many low- to middle-income countries, records of childhood vaccinations are usually written by hand and can be poor quality.

Janos Zempleni of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the U.S. will test whether supplementing milk formula with exosomes from milk could have the potential to improve the growth of babies aged between 6 and 12 months and help protect them from infections. Exosomes are membrane-bound vesicles naturally present in all bodily fluids and are thought to transfer small molecules such as RNAs between different cells to regulate various cell functions. However, during the production of milk formula for babies, the exosomes are destroyed.

Owens Wiwa of the Clinton Health Access Initiative in the U.S. will determine whether providing free vouchers for mothers to receive a nutrient-dense food can help infants with moderate acute malnutrition in Nigeria. By linking the vouchers to attendance at immunization clinics, they also hope to boost immunization coverage. Malnutrition is a major public health concern in Nigeria, where almost one third of children are underweight, and ten percent are wasted.