The Innovations in International Health at MIT program aims to accelerate the development of global health technologies that address the needs of patients and physicians in resource-poor settings. Working with a network of researchers, doctors, inventors, clinicians, IIH enhances the sustainability of its technologies by bridging the gap between the invention, funding, and clinical trial stages of medical products aimed at patients in the developing world. This has launched a growing portfolio of inventions at different stages of deployment: inhalable vaccine delivery technology, RFID-enhanced disease surveillance systems, paper microfluidic diagnostics for remote populations, and low-cost incubators for rapid tuberculosis detection. The network of IIH researchers in more than 15 countries, including 3 HLab medical innovation sites gives IIH effective global reach in medical technology transfer, scaling up, and saving lives.

In addition, the D-Lab Health spinoff course at MIT (Spring 2009) teaches students the current state of global health challenges and how design medical technologies that address can address them. Students will use hands-on medical technology learning modules to encourage fast learning, on-site visits in Nicaragua, real-world design collaboration with international partners

Salud del Sol is collaborating with IIH for the design and testing of the solar autoclave at both the Cambridge and Managua H-Lab sites.

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