Antenatal Screening Kit

CONDITION ADDRESSED: Multiple conditions

Diagnostic
Diagnostic
  • PREVENTION
  • DIAGNOSTIC
  • TREATMENT

CONTACT INFORMATION

Organization

Johns Hopkins Biomedical Engineering Dept

Individual Contact

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 screening tests
  • Tests are intuitive and simple to use; kit contains 7 tests for preeclampsia, gestational diabetes, malnutrition, and anemia
  • Pilot testing in Nepal has begun 

 

Important Milestones Achieved

  • Developed prototype
  • Field testing begun in Nepal 

 

Proposed Next Steps in Development

  • Continue field testing in Nepal 

 

Partnerships/Collaboration Network

  • Johns Hopkins University
  • JHPIEGO

Stage of Development

Field/clinical studies