{"id":51247,"key":"Global_Health_Medical_Device_Compendium/PATH_Solar_Powered_Infant_Warmer","title":"Global Health Medical Device Compendium/PATH Solar Powered Infant Warmer","latest":{"id":1267825,"timestamp":"2026-09-10T14:49:51Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"{{GHMDC device data\n| health-topic = Child mortality,\n| classification = Preventative\n| made = No\n| replicated = No\n| manufacturer-location = Washington State, United States\n}}\n\nThere is an estimated 3,100 newborn deaths worldwide each day within the first 24 hours of birth. This number could be dramatically lowered if breastfeeding and warmth to the child were provided immediately. Without this treatment, infants are susceptible to hypothermia and potentially, death.\n\n== Detailed description of the solution ==\n\nThis affordable infant warmer harnesses solar power from lightweight, high-efficiency photovoltaic modules and uses phase change material to store the heat. It has a low-cost temperature monitoring system to ensure infant safety. Once established, it is estimated to cost under $200.\n\n== Designed by ==\n\n* Designed by: Program for Appropriate Technologies in Health (PATH)\n* Manufacturer (if different):\n* Manufacturer location: Seattle, WA USA\n\n== When and where it was tested/implemented ==\n\n== Funding Source ==\n\nFinalist in Saving Lives at Birth Competition\n\n== References ==\n\n=== Peer-reviewed publication ===\n\n=== Other internally generated reports ===\n\n=== Externally generated reports ===\n\nSaving Lives at Birth. (2011). Extremely affordable solar-powered infant warmer to complement skin-to-skin care. Retrieved November 10, 2013 from [http://web.archive.org/web/20160507161924/https://savinglivesatbirth.net/summaries/72 here.]\n\nPATH solar powered infant warmer. Retrieved November 10, 2013 from [http://maternova.net/health-innovations/path-solar-powered-infant-warmer here.]\n\n=== IP and copyright ===\n\n=== Approval by regulatory bodies or standards boards ===\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}}"}