Challenges in Malawi, the poorest country in Africa Project to Introduce Remote Pregnancy Abdominal Echocardiography System in Malawi, Africa 3,229,100 yen out of the target amount of 10,000,000 yen achieved
Crowdfunding on CAMPFIRE until April 30
NPO法人 Redwood Mission
Redwood Mission (located in Isahaya City, Nagasaki Prefecture; Chairman: Dr. Shoji Nobuyoshi, M.D.), a non-profit organization that brings innovation and sustainability to African healthcare through social business methods, is implementing a project to improve maternal mortality rates by introducing a remote maternal abdominal ultrasound system in Malawi. Redwood Mission (located in Isahaya City, Nagasaki, Japan; President: Dr. Shinoyoshi, M.D.) is implementing a project to improve maternal mortality rates by introducing a remote maternal abdominal ultrasound system in Malawi.
The project is a crowdfunding project to "change the 70-fold mortality rate in Malawi, the world's poorest country, and create a future where medical care is self-driven.
Remote Pregnancy Abdominal Echocardiography System Introduction Project
Development Background
Malawi, the poorest country in Africa, has a maternal mortality rate 70 times higher than that of Japan. One of the reasons for the high maternal mortality rate is inadequate maternal health checkups. Pregnant women must walk several hours or half a day to a clinic for a checkup, and clinics do not have abdominal ultrasound to determine the condition of the fetus. The clinics do not have abdominal ultrasounds to determine the condition of the fetus, and they are forced to rely on foreign aid to maintain the medical system.
Future Prospects
What we are aiming to introduce to Malawi this time is SPAQ, a remote pregnant woman abdominal echo medical examination system established in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The system allows trained nurses to operate the system and share the screen with doctors at the central hospital via the Internet. Trained nurses can travel to the community to perform abdominal echo examinations on pregnant women, and when abnormalities are detected, the images can be shared with a central doctor who can make a diagnosis and order emergency surgery. Along with the establishment of this medical system, we aim to gain sustainability of the medical system by incorporating social business methods.
Our goal is 10,000,000 yen, but as of April 8, we have raised 3,229,100 yen. The final day is April 30.
SPAQ in use
Remote doctor's diagnosis through image sharing
Ectopic pregnancy image found by SPAQ
■Example of Returns
15,000 yen: Malawi coffee
25,000 yen: Nagasaki sponge cake
45,000 yen: "Original tote bag" made of West African fabric
Project Summary
Project Name: Malawi, the poorest country in the world, is taking on the challenge of "changing a mortality rate that is 70 times higher than the national average.
Challenge to create a future where medical care is self-sustaining
Period: Tuesday, February 25, 2025 10:00 - Wednesday, April 30, 2025 24:00
Outline of NPO
Name: NPO Redwood Mission
Representative: Masaharu Nobuyoshi, President
Location: Hisayama, Isahaya City, Nagasaki 854-0066
Grandir Raison 502, 1528-1 Hisayama-cho, Isahaya-shi, Nagasaki
Establishment : July 2013
URL : https://www.rwjn.org
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