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NEOSEPSIS: Rapid Neonate Sepsis Detection in Resource Limited Environments

  • Challenge:SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being
  • Co-Funders:Irish Aid
  • Phase:Prize
  • Team Lead:Prof. Sean Doyle, Maynooth University
  • Partner Country Team Lead:Dr Peter Waiswa, Makerere University
  • Team Co-Lead:Dr Nicola Mountford, Maynooth University
  • Societal Impact Champion:Mandy Daly, Irish Neonatal Health Alliance; Flaviah Namiiro, Mulago National Referral Hospital, Uganda
NEOSEPSIS: Rapid Neonate Sepsis Detection in Resource Limited Environments

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Co-funded by: Irish Aid

Reducing neonatal and maternal mortality by rapid detection of sepsis in resource-limited environments.

We propose to use a pre-existing rapid technology and validated infection-relevant biomarker to significantly improve the detection of sepsis in resource-limited environments where minimal, often no, access to clinical diagnostics is available. We also intend to investigate the unconventional deployment of this technology to assess sepsis diagnosis in neonatal patients, where minimal volume blood samples are available and clinical signs of sepsis can be varied and inconsistent. Our proposed solution requires no extra equipment, power or expertise to obtain an unambiguous answer regarding the likelihood of sepsis or the potential resolution of sepsis following patient treatment.

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