Collaborative working with research and industry to produce AI-driven maternal health monitoring for low-resource regions. Staff from Usher Institute and Institute for Regeneration and Repair are joining forces with Sibel Health, a leading health technology company, to develop a ground-breaking maternal monitoring solution for low-and-middle income countries (LMICs).Sibel Health is positioned to develop new purpose-built products in partnership with the University of Edinburgh and the NIHR Global Surgery Unit. Funded by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the initiative aims to deploy Sibel Health’s FDA-cleared ANNE® One monitoring solution, powered by AI-enabled wearable sensors, to enhance maternal health monitoring globally and reduce obstetrical morbidity and mortality rates.Ewen Harrison, Head of Centre for Medical Informatics at the Usher Institute, highlights the significance of this collaboration and Rosie Townsend emphasises the urgent need for vital signs monitoring in low-resource maternal health settings, seeing this partnership as a potential life-saving solution.As experts in implementing complex interventions and conducting large-scale clinical trials, we look forward to working with Sibel Health in this critical effort.Ewen HarrisonProfessor of Surgery and Data Science, Head of Centre for Medical Informatics, Usher InstituteThe need for vital signs monitoring is clear in maternal health for low resource settings, this is an opportunity to deliver a potentially life-saving solution.Rosie TownsendSenior Clinical Research Fellow and Consultant Obstetrician, Centre for Reproductive Health, Institute for Regeneration and RepairThe grant from the Gates Foundation will help to expand this initiative’s reach, particularly in India, Pakistan, and Nigeria, where The University of Edinburgh’s Global Surgery Unit holds expertise in deploying such advanced healthcare solutions.Further informationRead PR Newswire’s news story ‘Sibel Health awarded a major grant to advance maternal monitoring solution for low-and-middle income countries’ | PR NewswireNational Institute for Health Research Unit (NIHR) on Global SurgeryCentre for Medical Informatics | Usher InstituteCentre for Reproductive Health | Institute for Regeneration and RepairSibel Health, Inc.Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationImage credit: Antonio Diaz via Getty Images Tags 2024 Publication date 25 Apr, 2024
