The Making Innovation a Reality Africa Health Initiative (MIRAHI) is a program we support as part of the Swiss Leading House Africa. As yet, the dream of making innovation a reality hasn't been delivered yet... but exposing Swiss sciencepreneurs to the reality of health challenges in sub-saharan Africa and helping them start to navigate the path to impact. Congratulations to the teams from this year and we look forward to being able to tell more in the coming months.
🌟 We are pleased to announce the following ventures have been selected for the MIRAHI program for 2024. Thank you to all that applied 🙏 • TorusMedic 🩺 brings MRI diagnostic clinics to LMICs as a plug & play solution to improve access to diagnostics and strengthen local capacities. • MAM*AI 🤖 - An AI-enabled medical chatbot for midwives (and pregnant women). • Lab-X 💉 Providing cost-effective implants in Tanzania faster than ever before (collaboration with POCAPP and the University of Basel). • Balgrist Phage Therapy & Research 🦠 - Engineered phage therapy for prevention and treatment of bacterial infections and AMR. • Summed 📚 is a groundbreaking platform dedicated to revolutionizing medical education through innovative, technology-driven solutions with AI. • OpenCur ❤️📈 - Remote monitoring of cardiovascular data and early cancer detection with a self-developed wearable device and AI algorithms. The teams above will be supported with tailored introductions, travel opportunities ✈️ through the MIRAHI program from the Swiss Leading House. Some of the teams will be represented at the World Congress of Epedimiology in CapeTown from September 24-27 #WCE2024 come by the Swiss booth to say hi. Reach out if you would like to learn more about the ventures or the program itself and stay tuned for updates from the ventures. 🚀 Huba Horompoly Larisa Aragon Castro, Executive MBA Shawna McCallin Universitätsklinik Balgrist Abbas Mshinda Florian M. Thieringer Andreas Roser Dr. Leah F. Bohle TorusMedic Tzippy Yanai Jaron Bernstein Jacquelene Friedenthal Karen Eksteen Douglas Haggstrom #SwissInnovation #HealthTech #globalhealth
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1moCongratulations to all. Special shout-out to SumMed.org! #DayOneAlumni #Cohort3