ACT for Birth

CONDITION ADDRESSED: Obstructed Labor

Diagnostic
Diagnostic
  • PREVENTION
  • DIAGNOSTIC
  • TREATMENT

CONTACT INFORMATION

Organization

Save the Children Federation

Individual Contact

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 (A=audit, C=cell phones, T=technology and training)

 

Advantages

  • Rugged, reliable, simple device
  • Powered by human energy
  • Mobile phone integration allows easy sharing of data

 

Milestones

  • Winner of the global INDEX design award
  • Finalist, Saving Lives at Birth

 

Next Steps

Development and testing in one district in Uganda

Stage of Development

Field/clinical studies