Incubator Made from Recycled Car Parts Could Prevent Millions of Newborn Deaths
A group of innovative inventors from Design that Matters have built an incubator from recycled car parts that could prevent millions of newborn deaths in the developing world.
According to DtM, 3.9 million infants in the developing world die every year within a month of birth. 25 percent of those deaths are due to complications of prematurity, usually heat and water loss.
Dr. Kristian Olson, the principal investigator in the project, says the main causes of newborn death - infections, preterm birth and asphyxiation - are readily treatable with the right expertise and equipment. He hopes to create a cheap, reliable incubator that can be serviced easily with existing resources.
