{"id":44905,"key":"Global_Health_Medical_Device_Compendium/Hypertension_Detector_for_Developing_Countries","title":"Global Health Medical Device Compendium/Hypertension Detector for Developing Countries","latest":{"id":1267657,"timestamp":"2026-09-10T14:04:31Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"[[File:Hypertension.jpg|thumb]]\n\n{{GHMDC device data\n| health-topic = Maternal mortality\n| classification = Diagnosis\n| scope = Clinical trial\n| made = No\n| replicated = No\n| type = Hypertension detector\n| manufacturer-location = Maryland, United States\n}}\n\nEarly detection of preeclampsia is key so as to prevent eclampsia, a high blood pressure disorder and the second-leading cause of maternal deaths in the developing world. However, early detection is a rarity in developing countries because of the lack of affordable hypertension detectors and also because unskilled health workers find it difficult to operate and read conventional devices. Thus, there is a need for simple detection of hypertension for mothers in low-resource settings.\n\n== Detailed description of the solution ==\n\nJhpiego, a non-profit international health organization affiliated with Johns Hopkins University, has developed a durable, easy-to-use, and affordable detector containing a mechanical crank that produces either a green or red light to signal hypertension. The device utilizes oscillometry to detect blood pressure. The detector can be utilized in peripheral level health care settings or homes.\n\n== Designed by ==\n\n* Designed by: Jhpiego.\n* Manufacturer location: Johns Hopkins University, Maryland, USA\n\n== When and where it was tested/implemented ==\n\nField testing was conducted in 2010 in Nepal.\n\n== Funding Source ==\n\nThis device received funding from the USAID Innovation Award.\n\n== References ==\n\n=== Other internally generated reports ===\n\nJhpiego Innovations Program: Development, Delivery and Impact at Scale. (n.d.). Jhpiego: Innovating to Save Lives. Retrieved January 1, 2013. Link available [http://www.jhpiego.org/en/content/jhpiego-innovations-program-development-delivery-and-impact-scale here].\n\nM. Trachtenberg, M., Lee, S. Jayaram, G., Acharya, S., Thakor, N. Sangvi, H. (n.d.). Hypertension Detector for Developing Countries. Johns Hopkins University. Retrieved January 1, 2013. PDF available [https://jscholarship.library.jhu.edu/bitstream/handle/1774.2/34123/BP_paper1.pdf here].\n\n=== Externally generated reports ===\n\nHypertension Detector for LDCs. (2011, March 3). Maternova: Tools and ideas that save mothers and newborns. Retrieved January 1, 2013. Link available [http://maternova.net/health-innovations/hypertension-detector-ldcs 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}}"}