Visualize
Visualize is a simulated training tool designed to train midwives in Ghana to screen for cervical cancer using the most appropriate and accessible screening method, visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA). Using a simulated tool is a novel approach to improve learning and retention of cervical cancer screening methods in low- and middle-income countries. Leveraging … Continue reading “Visualize”
- Team Members: Julia Kramer, Maria Young
- Scaling Up
- UC Berkeley
- 2019
Trash to Tiles
Ugandans have second or third tier roofs. Trash to Tiles (T3) is repurposing plastic waste in developing nations to produce affordable, quality construction materials such as roofing tiles, pipes, and pavers. By operating in areas with large amounts of plastic waste but no access to recycling, T3 provides a recycling option that currently does not … Continue reading “Trash to Tiles”
- Team Members: Paige Balcom, Jeremy Lan, Stephanie Solove
- Scaling Up
- UC Berkeley
- 2019
Pit Vidura: Building the “Uber Pool” for Fecal Sludge Management
In rapidly urbanizing areas, small exhauster truck businesses are unable to keep up with the demand for pit latrine emptying services due to inefficiencies in their operations. Thus, when a latrine fills in most low-income urban areas, manual emptiers use buckets to empty the waste and dump it in the environment. This results in high … Continue reading “Pit Vidura: Building the “Uber Pool” for Fecal Sludge Management”
- Scaling Up
- UC Berkeley
- 2019
Project Sparthan
More than 3,000 children are born every year with a congenital limb deficiency in the United States alone. These children will change their prosthetics devices once every 6 months, making the purchase of a high-end prosthesis unaffordable for most families. Affordable 3D printers have spawned numerous customizable and very affordable prosthetic hand models. These devices … Continue reading “Project Sparthan”
- Team Members: Davide Asnaghi, Alex Wong
- Hardware for Good
- UC Berkeley
- 2019
Fractal: Acoustic detection and monitoring of bone fractures
Two-thirds of the world lacks access to basic medical imaging equipment, which is an essential cornerstone for modern medical diagnostics. Due in part to a lack of access to basic x-ray technology in two-thirds of the world, fractures often mean a lifelong disability with devastating socioeconomic complications. In order to mitigate this gap in healthcare, … Continue reading “Fractal: Acoustic detection and monitoring of bone fractures”
- Team Members: Emily Huynh
- Hardware for Good
- UC Berkeley
- 2019
Sonic Eyewear Project
1.3 million people suffered from blindness in America in 2010 and that number is expected to triple by 2050. Many blind people click with their tongue as a means of soliciting echos from the environment which are processed by their brain and used to locate objects and navigate. While it has been shown to be … Continue reading “Sonic Eyewear Project”
- Team Members: Darryl Diptee, Jack Wallis, Arnav Gulati, Fatima Perez Sastre
- Hardware for Good
- UC Berkeley
- 2019
Isochoric Organ Preservation System: A Thermodynamic Approach to Saving Lives
Of the over 114,000 patients in the United States on the national transplant list, twenty die every day while waiting for an organ transplant, and every ten minutes another patient is added. Due to shortcomings in current organ preservation techniques, transplantation is prohibitively expensive, limited geographically to areas with large donor pools, and incredibly inefficient. … Continue reading “Isochoric Organ Preservation System: A Thermodynamic Approach to Saving Lives”
- Team Members: Alvina Kam, Matthew Powell-Palm, Gideon Ukpai
- Hardware for Good
- UC Berkeley
- 2019
Respira Labs
Today, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) affects 25 million Americans and costs the healthcare system nearly $50 billion a year. Respira Labs’ COPD management platform is based on a novel technology which instead of merely listening for changes in breathing like other wearable tools, emits sound from small sensors to capture personalized lung volume profiles … Continue reading “Respira Labs”
- Team Members: Nikhil Chacko, Nerjada Maksutaj, Maria Artunduaga
- Hardware for Good
- UC Berkeley
- 2019
TyphGen; A Better Point Of Care Diagnostic For Typhoid Fever
Typhoid remains a major public health threat in Uganda contributing to 36% of all fever-related illnesses. It was responsible for the outbreak that affected over 1,000 individuals within Kampala city in 2015. Typhoid is a curable disease with good treatment outcomes if the diagnosis is made early. However, in Uganda there are major challenges with … Continue reading “TyphGen; A Better Point Of Care Diagnostic For Typhoid Fever”
- Team Members: Sharon Bright Amanya, Rendani Manenzhe, Brenda Nakandi, Brian Nyiro, Joshua Obura
- Global Health
- Makerere University
- 2019