Newborn Foot Length Measurement

Application

• Designed for home birth attendants in low-resource settings and initially studied in Tanzania, but could be applied in any healthcare setting

Advantages

• Low-cost (used a stiff, transparent, plastic metric ruler for measurements)
• Simple to learn and implement
• Non-invasive

 Important Milestones Achieved

• Study conducted at Ligula Hospital in southern Tanzania
• Results prove efficacy of foot measurement to diagnose prematurity and low birth weight

Proposed Next Steps in Development

• Further studies to evaluate efficacy of foot length measurement to diagnose prematurity 

Partnerships/Collaboration Network

• Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Health and Tropical Medicine, UK
• Ifakara Health Institute, Tanzania
• Department of Disease Control, UK
• Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute, Switzerland
•  Ligula Hospital, Tanzania

Stage of Development

Field/clinical studies

Funding Source

The Batchworth Trust; Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation