Jhpiego to create medical technology for poor countries
International health organization Jhpiego will lead a $24.9 million effort to develop inexpensive medical equipment and other technology it hopes will help save lives and improve health across the world.
The non-profit associated with The Johns Hopkins University says it will take these technologies from the lab to the village.
“We believe that bringing together the community of biomedical innovators to focus on global health needs and engaging with commercialization partners very early in the process has the best chance to fast-track urgently needed, low-cost solutions to save more lives,” Dr. Harshad Sanghvi, Jhpiego’s medical director and vice president for innovations, said in a statement.
The five-year project, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development, will involve creating, testing and bringing the technologies to market.
Jhpiego will partner with Johns Hopkins Engineering’s Center for Bioengineering Innovation and Design, the Center for Global Health and Population Services International on the project.
