#phototherapy

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Eva, par Céline Pivoine

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I wish you the best things in life 💛

[fuzzbby]

Jo Spence.

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[realm-of-clouds]

oh hello realm of clouds

it has been some time

any gold for me?

Yes, here, look

This view is as valuable as gold fore and for all of us cloud lovers 🙂‍↕️✌️

[reasonsforhope]

Nigerian Mom Designs Solar-Powered Cribs That Put an End to Baby Jaundice Disease

The small crib is a sixth of the cost of a normal phototherapy crib, and is manufactured in Nigeria for use in cities and villages alike.

“A Nigerian mom found out the hard way that jaundice is still a dangerous disease in Africa—but now she’s putting an end to the infant disease with her new tech startup, making solar-powered cribs.

After her traumatic experience with jaundice as a new mother, Virtue Oboro pivoted 180° in her professional life, in an effort to help prevent the terrifying situation from befalling other moms.

Oboro’s son, Tombra, was just 48 hours old when he had to be rushed to the NICU, suffering from a build-up of bilirubin, which causes yellow skin and can lead to permanent damage or even death.

The treatment is fairly simple... blue-light phototherapy.

Virtue’s hospital had no phototherapy devices, so Tombra had to receive a risky emergency blood transfusion. Her son would make a full recovery, but Virtue was changed by the experience.

“I felt like some of the things I experienced could have been avoided,” the visual designer told CNN. “I thought, is there something I could do to make the pain less for the babies and the mothers?”

What could a visual designer do? She designed the Crib A’Glow and named her new company Tiny Hearts.

The portable, deployable phototherapy unit is powered by the sun, and costs one-sixth the price of a normal phototherapy crib—and is manufactured in her homeland of Nigeria.

Virtue’s husband had some experience working with solar panels before, so he lent a hand to the visual designer, who was busy navigating the unknown waters of a new profession. She worked with a pediatrician through the design process to ensure all the details would benefit the tiny babies.

Two years ago, Crib A’Glow picked up a $50,000 grant from Johnson & Johnson through the Africa Innovation Challenge, and the Crib A’Glow can now be found in 500 hospitals across Nigeria and neighboring Ghana. Already it has been used on 300,000 babies.

Virtue, who has also become a 2022 awardee for The Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation, says a further 200,000 babies were saved from jaundice by deploying the cribs to rural areas—no hospitals or electricity needed.” -via Good News Network, 3/9/22

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The slow passage of time

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Mannequins demonstrate an ultraviolet ray group irradiation "merry-go-round" device during a preview at the Greater New York Safety Council's Annual Convention at the Hotel Pennsylvania, March 22, 1943. The apparatus, an adaptation a British invention, was used to promote employee health and reduce absenteeism in war plants. The platform, which was set to music, rotated 12 times per hour, held 10 workers at a time, and provided violet ray application for 100 employees per hour. UV radiation, or phototherapy, was used as a preventive and a cure before the introduction of antibiotics.

Photo: Robert Kradin for the AP