Medical devices and eHealth solutions have the potential to improve lives. However, too many people worldwide suffer because they don’t have access to the appropriate health technologies.WHO aims to raise awareness of the pressing need for appropriate design solutions.
The Compendium series was initiated to encourage a dialogue between stakeholders and stimulate further development and technology dissemination. The ‘Call for innovative health technologies: medical devices and eHealth solutions for low-resource settings 2013’ is open to manufacturers, institutions, academia, individuals and non-profit organizations that design, manufacture and/or supply any type of innovative health technologies that are suitable for use in low-resource settings and address the following global health concerns:
1. Medical devises (including telemedicine solutions) that address one of the following key global health concerns: Birth asphyxia and birth trauma, cancer, cataracts, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes mellitus, diarrheal diseases, hearing loss, ischemic heart disease, lower respiratory infections, maternal health, neonatal infections, pneumonia, prematurity and low birth weight, refractive errors and vascular diseases.
2. eHealth solutions may support one of the following areas: Decision support systems, diagnostic and treatment support, electronic health/electronic medical record, emergency/humanitarian relief, geographic information system, healthcare management, health workforce training, heath information systems, health education, health surveys, management of patient information, management of hospital information, management of emergencies, patient monitoring, public health surveillance, telehealth/telemedicine, treatment compliance.
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