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7 diagnostic devices to boost healthcare in the developing world

August 16, 2017 By Danielle Kirsh

Diagnostic-Devices-Developing-World-MDThe World Health Organization estimates that a quarter of death and disease globally is caused by hazards and environmental burdens in developing countries with little to no access to preventative care and diagnostic devices.

Since developing countries are poor agricultural regions that are still becoming economically and socially advanced, it is harder for doctors to carry around an entire lab for diagnostics.

Several researchers have taken on the challenge and have developed a series of diagnostic devices that are portable and affordable for the most part and don’t use external power sources. From paper centrifuges that cost only 25 cents apiece to a device that works using a smartphone camera, here are seven diagnostic devices that could revolutionize point-of-care in developing countries.

Get the full story on our sister site, Medical Design & Outsourcing.

Filed Under: Diagnostics, Featured, mHealth (Mobile Health), Research & Development Tagged With: Binghamton University, centrifuge, diagnostic devices, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, medtech, North Carolina State University, Stanford University, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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About Danielle Kirsh

Danielle Kirsh is an award-winning journalist and senior editor for Medical Design & Outsourcing, MassDevice, and Medical Tubing + Extrusion, and the founder of Women in Medtech and lead editor for Big 100. She received her bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism and mass communication from Norfolk State University and is pursuing her master's in global strategic communications at the University of Florida. You can connect with her on Twitter and LinkedIn, or email her at dkirsh@wtwhmedia.com.

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