Monitoring labor in pregnancy aim of grant to develop imaging technology
Researchers receive funding from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to help develop low-cost, bedside equipment for people in underserved regions
December 8, 2020 SHARE Researchers at Washington University s School of Medicine and McKelvey School of Engineering plan to develop a portable, inexpensive and noninvasive 3D imaging system designed to monitor pregnant women s labor progression. The technology aims to improve maternal and infant health outcomes in underserved regions. (Photo: Getty Images)
Monitoring uterine contractions during labor is critical for safeguarding maternal health and preventing preterm births, the world’s leading cause of death in children under age 5. Toward that end, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis plan to develop a portable, inexpensive and noninvasive 3D imaging system designed to monitor labor progression.
TiE Global Summit 2020 - Transformation of India with a focus on entrepreneur ecosystem By siliconindia | Thursday, 10 December 2020, 10:47 Hrs Post the opening of TiE Global Summit, much concurrent session held. In a session titled
‘Transformation of India with a focus on entrepreneur ecosystem’ in conversation with CNBC TV18’s Nisha Poddar, NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said that India has grown as a technology country. India has world’s second-largest start-up ecosystem, he said. While the world reeled under the Covid pandemic, India witnessed 38 billion U.S. dollars inflow of FDI. He spoke about various fronts on which the Government is working to leverage technology for the benefit of India’s 1.3 billion populations. The solutions will not only benefit 1.3 billion but the next 4-5 billion people who will move over from poverty to middle class, he said.