{"GHMDC classification":"Diagnosis","GHMDC health topic":"Maternal mortality","GHMDC manufacturer coordinates":"39.516238888889, -76.938205555556","GHMDC manufacturer location":"Maryland, United States","GHMDC scope":"Clinical trial","Page SDG":"SDG09 Industry innovation and infrastructure, SDG03 Good health and well-being","Page URL":"https://www.appropedia.org/Global_Health_Medical_Device_Compendium/Hypertension_Detector_for_Developing_Countries","Page affiliations":"Appropedia Foundation, University of Michigan","Page authors":"User:Lonny, User:Chriswaterguy, User:Emilio, Kathleen Sienko, Amir Sabet Sarvestani","Page description":"Early 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.","Page image":"File:Hypertension.jpg","Page language":"en","Page license":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","Page parent":"Global Health Medical Device Compendium","Page root":"Global Health Medical Device Compendium","Page title":"Global Health Medical Device Compendium/Hypertension Detector for Developing Countries","Page views":"53","Page year":"Tuesday, 01-Jan-13 00:00:00 UTC","Modification date":"Thursday, 10-Sep-26 14:04:31 UTC"}