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'Frugal design' brings medical innovations to communities that lack resources during the pandemic

  • Written by Rebecca Richards-Kortum, Professor of Bioengineering, Rice University
'Frugal design' brings medical innovations to communities that lack resources during the pandemicMaker spaces give engineers and designers the tools to build low-cost medical equipment using locally available materials.Brandon Martin, Rice University, CC BY-NC-ND

Dr. Msandeni Chiume Kayuni found herself in the middle of a supply crisis as COVID-19 spread to Africa in April 2020. As head of Pediatrics at Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe,...

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