Call for innovative health technologies: Medical devices, assistive devices, and eHealth solutions for low-resource settings 2013
Health problems to be addressed
The Call for innovative health technologies for low-resource settings 2013 puts a specific focus on the following technologies:
- Medical devices (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
- Hearing loss
- Ischemic heart disease
- Lower respiratory infections
- Maternal health
- Neonatal infections
- Pneumonia
- Prematurity and low birth weight
- Refractive errors
- Vascular diseases
- Assistive devices that address
- Devices for moving such as Wheelchairs, Orthoses, Prostheses, Rollators/walking frames and Tricycles
- Devices for sitting/standing including special chairs, seating support, pressure relief devices incl. cushions, etc.)
- Devices for daily living such as devices for eating and drinking, dressing, washing oneself, writing, housekeeping and handling objects
- Devices for hearing such as Hearing aids and Battery chargers (e.g. solar powered)
- Devices for seeing such as Magnifiers, Braille devices (writing, reading, printing, etc.), Text reading devices, screen reader
- Devices for cognition such as Time management devices and systems, Memory devices
- Devices for communication and orientation such as communication board, GPS, software and accessible ICT.
- Devices for recreation, employment and vocational training
- eHealth solutions may support one of the following areas:
- Clinical 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
- Treatment compliance
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