{"id":39222,"key":"Global_Health_Medical_Device_Compendium/ZAMBART_CAD4TB-II_Project","title":"Global Health Medical Device Compendium/ZAMBART CAD4TB-II Project","latest":{"id":1267695,"timestamp":"2026-09-10T14:12:08Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"[[File:Zambart cd4tb.jpg|thumb]]\n\n{{GHMDC device data\n| health-topic = Tuberculosis\n| classification = Diagnosis\n| scope = Commercialized\n| manufacturer-location = Lusaka, Zambia\n}}\n\nTB kills close to 1.7 million people globally every year and is highly contagious, with the disease being spread primarily through airborne transmission. When infectious people cough, sneeze, talk or spit, they propel TB germs, known as bacilli, into the air. A person needs only to inhale a small number of these to be infected. Left untreated, each person with active TB can infect on average between 10 and 15 people every year.\n\n== Detailed description of the solution ==\n\nThis device is a combination of an easy-to-use digital chest x-ray, a computer aided diagnostic (CAD) tool for analyzing chest x-rays, and relatively cheap, made-to-order laboratories to help diagnose tuberculosis in areas where there are shortages of health care workers and radiologists. The made-to-order labs include a 20-foot container with a power generator, batteries, a UV light, a Multipurpose Digital X-ray, Computer Aided Detection, LED microscopy and provisions for molecular tests. The X-rays are analyzed in a database (complied by Delft Diagnostic Imaging), to develop a system for TB detection. A computer would compare a patient's chest x-ray to a database of images to flag possible TB cases. This would facilitate early detection and reduce the burden of TB cases for health professionals.\n\n== Designed by ==\n\n* Designed by: The Zambia AIDS-Related TB Project (ZAMBART), an NGO located in Zambia.\n* Manufacturing: South Africa and the Netherlands (Delft Diagnostic Imaging)\n* Delft Diagnostic Imaging: Wiltonstraat 41, Veenendaal, Netherlands, 3905 KW\n\n== Testing/Implementation ==\n\nThe device was tested and implemented in Lusaka, Zambia in 2010.\n\n== Funding Source ==\n\nThe Dutch Government currently funds this project for a span of two years (2011 – 2013) with a budget of 70,000 Euros.\n\n== References ==\n\n=== Other internally generated reports ===\n\nCheckTuberculosis. (2010.) Digital radiology for early TB case detection in Zambia. Youtube available [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IMxxn0PXz8 here].\n\nDelft Imaging Systems. (2011.) A hospital department in a standard 20 ft. sea container. Link available [http://delftimagingsystems.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=51:a-hospital-department-in-a-standard-20-ft-sea-container&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50 here].\n\nEijkman W and Van Doren F. (2010.) Innovative chest X-ray solutions support TB prevalence studies. WHO Task Force Meeting on TB Impact Measures. PDF available [http://www.who.int/tb/advisory_bodies/impact_measurement_taskforce/meetings/prevalence_survey/chest_x_ray_solutions.pdf here].\n\nO'Brien J. (2011.) ZAMBART Project 2010 report. PDF available [http://www.zambart.org/wp-content/uploads/2010-ZAMBART-ANNUAL-REPORT.pdf here].\n\n=== Externally generated reports ===\n\nUN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. (2011.) Zambia: better health comes in containers. Link available [http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=91738 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| description = The CAD4TB-II Project helps diagnose TB in Zambia using imaging tools. Appropedia shows how tech and access come together in public health.\n}}"}