Faculty Mentor/s:
Prof. Khanjan Mehta, Creative Inquiry
Students on the team:
Project Description:
Sierra Leone has the highest maternal mortality rate in the world. This team has made inexpensive (2-cent) test strips to screen women for Urinary Tract Infections and Preeclampsia in Sierra Leone. After receiving regulatory approval for the device from the Pharmacy Control Board, the team hired their first employee in January 2020 to mobilize communities, train health workers, and distribute test strips. The goal is to strengthen and expand field operations, design and implement effective messaging strategies, develop stronger data collection systems, and demonstrate the ability of the test strips to save lives with the goal of convincing the public health system (and donors) to integrate the test strips into the national healthcare system. The team will also explore how these test strips can be introduced in Liberia, Madagascar, and other countries with similar challenges.
Month/Year Project Began: