{"id":50247,"key":"Global_Health_Medical_Device_Compendium/Hemoglobe","title":"Global Health Medical Device Compendium/Hemoglobe","latest":{"id":1267866,"timestamp":"2026-09-10T14:52:32Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"[[File:Hemoglobe.png|thumb]]\n\n{{GHMDC device data\n| health-topic = Maternal mortality\n| classification = Diagnosis\n| made = No\n| replicated = No\n| manufacturer-location = Maryland, United States\n}}\n\nWomen during childbearing years are particularly susceptible to anemia. There are an estimated 100,000 maternal and 600,000 newborn deaths a year due to the blood disorder, with millions more affected. Thus far, it has been difficult to influentially screen for anemia in developing countries because it requires individual testing, a process that is time consuming and unrealistic in low-resource facilities.\n\n== Detailed description of the solution ==\n\nThe Hemoglobe is an inexpensive phone attachment that transforms rural health workers' phones into non-invasive and prick-free hemoglobinometers. They automatically relay hemoglobin results to a central server in order to map out anemia prevalence and where help is needed most, geographically. This allows for community-based screening and anemia awareness in areas with high prevalence.\n\n== Designed by ==\n\n* Designed by: Johns Hopkins University Center for Bioengineering Innovation and Design\n* Manufacturer location: Baltimore, Maryland USA\n\n== When and where it was tested/implemented ==\n\n2011-2012, Kenya\n\n== Funding Source ==\n\nJohns Hopkins University, Finalist in Saving Lives at Birth Competition\n\n== References ==\n\n=== Other internally generated reports ===\n\nJohns Hopkins University. (July 24 2012). Undergraduates' Cellphone Screening Device for Anemia Wins $250,000 Prize. Retrieved November 13 2013 from [http://releases.jhu.edu/2012/07/24/undergraduates-cellphone-screening-device-for-anemia-wins-250000-prize/ here].\n\n=== Externally generated reports ===\n\nSaving Lives at Birth. (August 6 2012). HemoGlobe: Revitalizing Maternal Anemia Prevention and Treatment Globally. Retrieved November 13 2013 from [http://web.archive.org/web/20160507211035/https://savinglivesatbirth.net/summaries/202 here].\n\n{{Page data\n| sdg = SDG03 Good health and well-being, SDG09 Industry innovation and infrastructure\n| license = CC-BY-SA-3.0\n| language = en\n}}"}