Student Name(s): Zach Day, Rohan Ekambaram, Naakesh Gomanie, Sage Herrick, Skyler Martinez, Spencer Moros, Anneke Roy, Noah Weaver

Course: CINQ 388-389 – Inquiry to Impact Projects

Faculty Member: Khanjan Mehta

Project Details: Link here

Project description:
Sierra Leone has the highest maternal mortality rate in the world. This team is working on inexpensive (2-cent) test strips to screen women for Urinary Tract Infections and Preeclampsia in Sierra Leone. The team just hired their first employee in Sierra Leone to mobilize communities and distribute test strips and are in the final stages of receiving regulatory approval from the Pharmacy Control Board. The next step in the journey is to strengthen field operations, design and implement effective messaging strategies, develop stronger data collection systems, and demonstrate the ability of the test strips to save lives with the goal of convincing the public health system (and donors) to integrate the test strips into the national healthcare system. The team will also explore how these test strips can be introduced in Liberia, Madagascar, and other countries with similar challenges.