TechnogangaLowcost Electromedical Device

CBS Responsability Day – 1-09-2009

Summary

Our goal:• Sell small electro-medical devices for competitive prices.

• Raise the quality of the health system in poor areas.

• Help other companies and NGOs with similar values to the ours.

Our first product is a low-cost heart-rate measure and our geographical area ofinterest (for the moment) is west-Africa

Major causes of Death in west-Africa

Neonatal causes 18%HIV/AIDS 4%Diarrhoeal diseases 19%Measles 3%Malaria 20%Pneumonia 23%Injuries 2%Others 11%

(WHO Mortality fact sheet 2006).

Still unsolved problems there, in fact they are still in the list GOAL 6 of the Millennium Development Goals – Framework for Action U.N.D.P.And related to the reduction of the child mortality (GOAL 4) and the improvement of the maternal health (GOAL 5).

We designed some low-cost medical devices, and we believe we can design others

e.g. a device for measuring the hearth rate

can cost 300-1000$ ( Philips)or just 20$ (redesigned by us)

There is a large volume of “potential” customers at the baseof the pyramid !!!

Poor as

active

market

Poor as an intractable problem whereWe just volunteer

Challenges

This is a price-driven approach !!!

With the main challenge of beening really creative in designing product,

• using scarse resourses,• and beeing careful of not violating any copyrights.

• Build a good ecosystem in loco is also important!!

...and greetings from BurkinaFaso.

THANK YOU!!!