Early Preeclampsia Detection Strip

Facebook
Twitter
LinkedIn

 

In most LMICs, the average woman attends one prenatal care visit when she first realizes she is pregnant and does not return to the health care facility until it is time for her to give birth or after she experiences severe health outcomes. Preeclampsia is the second leading cause of maternal mortality; accounting for the deaths of thousands of women and babies annually. Preeclampsia is difficult to diagnose because most symptoms mimic many physiologic changes observed in pregnancy, and other complications in pregnancy, hence women are only aware of this condition if they receive routine prenatal care or upon progression of the undiagnosed preeclampsia into a more severe complication; eclampsia. The Early Preeclampsia Detection (EPED) Strip is a low-cost, diagnostic test for preeclampsia that provides a home-based method for women to self-screen for the development of preeclampsia alongside empowering and educating them to seek medical care.

More Winners

Pathologicode (UC Davis)

Diabetes mellitus affects over 285 million people worldwide, and the number of people living with it grows at an annual rate of 2.3%. Pathologicode introduces

Read More »

Glucose ENOSE (UC Berkeley)

In 2011, the CDC reported diabetes afflicted 25.8 million people in the United States. This disease can be controlled by strict blood serum glucose level

Read More »

LuxWalk (UC Berkeley)

The three main functions of the LuxWalk application are as follows. First, students can input their origin and destination on an app built into the

Read More »

© 2021 Blum Center for Developing Economies

Design by Joseph Kim