TECHNOLOGIES IN DEVELOPMENT

Many products introduced into low- and middle-income countries fail because of an inadequate understanding of the factors required for successful utilization. To be effective in low-resource settings, especially at the community level, technologies must meet operational and performance requirements consistent with the community setting and the skills of community health workers who may be the primary users of the technology. We’ve collected many technologies in development that address some of these requirements. We invite you to review these technologies in development and submit comments. Please use the search function to narrow your focus by condition, development status, or keyword. You may also submit a technology.

Search
See options to Filter through all the technologies in developments
Maternal
Neonatal
Keywords
Development status
Revise List Below
Abdominal-Pelvic Pressure Device

Abdominal-Pelvic Pressure Device

CONDITION(S) ADDRESSED: HEMORRHAGE
Mark Hauswald, Nancy Kerr, and David Wachter of Global Health Partnerships and the University of New Mexico in the U.S. will work with care providers in Nepal to evaluate their use and acceptance o...Read More
Last Update: 10.21.13
TYPE
Treatment
STAGE
Early R&D
FUNDING
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
ACT for Birth

ACT for Birth

CONDITION(S) ADDRESSED: OBSTRUCTED LABOR
Application Fetal heart rate monitor powered by human energy that interacts with mobile phone to provide data to facilities which will coordinate emergency transport and birth/death reporting (...Read More
Last Update: 12.16.13
TYPE
Diagnostic
STAGE
Field/clinical studies
FUNDING
Adaptive Medicinal Nonwovens

Adaptive Medicinal Nonwovens

CONDITION(S) ADDRESSED: HEMORRHAGE
Application Control of post-partum hemorrhage   Advantages Convenient: easy of insertion and removable; Infection-fighting properties: antimicrobial agents are embedd...Read More
Last Update: 10.21.13
TYPE
Treatment
STAGE
Early R&D
FUNDING
Antenatal Screening Kit

Antenatal Screening Kit

CONDITION(S) ADDRESSED: MULTIPLE CONDITIONS
Application Designed for use by community health workers in low-resource settings;   Advantages Kit includes a variety of custom markers pre-filled with reagents for ...Read More
Last Update: 10.19.13
TYPE
Diagnostic
STAGE
Field/clinical studies
FUNDING
Arsenal Medical Hemostatic Foam

Arsenal Medical Hemostatic Foam

CONDITION(S) ADDRESSED: HEMORRHAGE
  Maria Palasis of Arsenal Medical, Inc. in the U.S. proposes to develop a hemostatic foam device that can be delivered into the uterus to control bleeding following childbirth. Success in...Read More
Last Update: 10.19.13
TYPE
Treatment
STAGE
Early R&D
FUNDING
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
BIRTHweigh III

BIRTHweigh III

CONDITION(S) ADDRESSED: LOW BIRTH WEIGHT/MALNUTRITION
Application Designed for use by traditional birth attendants in low-resource settings;   Advantages Designed for use by non-literate birth attendants; Features ...Read More
Last Update: 12.16.13
TYPE
Diagnostic
STAGE
Field/clinical studies
FUNDING
USAID, through the HealthTech program; Johns Hopkins
Blood Mat

Blood Mat

CONDITION(S) ADDRESSED: HEMORRHAGE
Application Designed for trained midwives and birth attendants in clinical/home, low-resource settings ;   Advantages Made of biodegradable material; only absorb...Read More
Last Update: 10.21.13
TYPE
Diagnostic
STAGE
Prototype
FUNDING
Gates Foundation Grand Challenges Grant
Blue LED Blanket

Blue LED Blanket

CONDITION(S) ADDRESSED: JAUNDICE
  Arye Rosen of AMT, Inc., in the U.S., along with neonatologist Harel Rosen will develop and test a prototype, low-cost portable blanket phototherapy system to provide light therapy for t...Read More
Last Update: 12.16.13
TYPE
Treatment
STAGE
Early R&D
FUNDING
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
BornReady CPAP

BornReady CPAP

CONDITION(S) ADDRESSED: RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME
Application Low-resource hospital setting;   Advantages Located at Columbia (birthplace of CPAP); Large advisory board; Developed business model ; ...Read More
Last Update: 9.12.13
TYPE
Prevention, Treatment
STAGE
Prototype
FUNDING
BRASSS-V Drape

BRASSS-V Drape

CONDITION(S) ADDRESSED: ATONIC UTERUS
Application Designed for trained midwives and birth attendants in clinical/home, low-resource settings ;   Advantages Low cost; Easily disposable; Ca...Read More
Last Update: 9.12.13
TYPE
Diagnostic
STAGE
Field/clinical studies
FUNDING