Sustainable embodiment of a digital microscope to be produced in Africa: Reasearch to and iteration on a previous automated diagnostic microscope with regard to interaction, portability and robustness

Nectlected Tropical diseases (NTDs) is a designation of a group of 20 different (often parasitic) diseases. These are mostly prevalent in tropical areas like Nigeria and Gabon, affecting the health of the poor remote communities significantly. <br/><br/>Current diagnosis is done by manual microscopy. This is too expensive and not time and cost...

A proposition for the market introduction of the AiDx assist:: an automated diagnostic device for the scope of emerging markets

AiDx Medical is a medical start-up, a spin-off from the TUD, which Temitope Agbana currently leads. AiDx is developing an automated diagnostic device for emerging markets: the AiDx assist. AiDx has chosen Nigeria for the first market introduction since Temitope has his prime partners there. The idea for creating the start-up started with...