A transition of technological design for Global Health is underway. The developing world has graveyards of medical devices that were not designed for the settings where they are found. Delivery systems are not functioning and beleaguered health care providers cannot keep up. An intersection of disciplines ranging from clinical, public health, anthropology, design, engineering, and business is needed. Insights of would-be users of equipment and those that stand to maintain them are essential components to develop life-saving technologies for areas where necessity should be the mother of innovation.
We will be holding our weekly forum tomorrow January 6th, 2009 at MGH.
Speakers Tomorrow: JOHN SHERRY - Intel / Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. JOSE GOMEZ MARQUEZ Innovations in International Health, MIT. KRIS OLSON Massachusetts General Hospital & Program Leader, CIMIT Global Health
Please click here for a detailed agenda, information and directions
Assessing
technology longevity - looking at the resuscitation device and
determining whether it could still produce enough air pressure.
Resuscitation devices: From the far right: bag valve mask - gold
standard, cost $50; 1st generation TeknoTube produced in Indonesia
scaled post-Tsunami in Aceh by Kris Copsy $7; 2nd generation TeknoTube;
Tube and Mask produced in Europe - donated to Indonesia
Resuscitation device evaluation: both devices connected to the tube
measure whether the tube can produce 30cm of air pressure.
Midwives completing survey to determine whether the neonatal
resuscitation program implemented post-Tsunami by Kris was effective.
And we'll see you at the forum!
Your posts, are awesome....
very well written...i am one of your regular readers.
Posted by: | 07 May 2009 at 05:13 AM
many thanks for reply in my email.
originally i'm from north maluku,indonesia.now i'm study medicine in china(suzhou that near shanghai).
This july, i will be in indonesia(North sulawesi),there is anything that i can help?
about inhalation incubator for the baby,i ever go to the children hospital in here.i see they also treat the jaundice baby's.
before i go to china,i've already walking around to the hospital to see all the stuff in there.
mmm..i just have a dream that the health system in indonesia will be more develop than before.
20th april 2009, there is a exhibition about medical equitment in shenzheng(china) i really wanna go there to see it.because i've all the list medical equitment that china as manufacture it. i've also send a email to indonesia medical association but they don't reply until now.
i'm still try to go there although i don't have father.
Posted by: Stephanie | 02 February 2009 at 03:16 AM
in indonesia?
Posted by: Stephanie | 01 February 2009 at 10:05 AM