Slim supports health in pregnancy

• April 26, 2024

The Carlos Slim Health Institute , West Wireless Health Institute and Qualcom through your initiative Wireless Reach, announced their collaboration in the Wireless Kit for Remote Monitoring of Pregnancies.

It's about the launch of a kit remote pregnancy monitoring for the benefit of Mexican women lacking medical services. This will help professionals and health promoters to monitor high-risk pregnancies from the first level of care.

The team will assist the experts in the review of pregnancies with high risk . What it means to use third-generation wireless technology for the benefit of maternal and child health.

Mobile devices allow the immediate collection and transfer of data such as blood pressure, fetal heart rate, glucose levels, etc. What concentrates in a database so that doctors monitor the progress of pregnancy .

"The medical case will allow the timely and continuous monitoring in rural and marginal areas , closing the gap and enabling access to health and medical services, "said Qualcom.

The team is made up of a Sense4baby (maternal-fetal monitoring prototype) developed by the West Wireless Health Institute, a laptop, a phone, a glucometer, a blood pressure meter and home pregnancy tests.

"The current situation of maternal mortality requires us to design and implement innovative models of low-cost health care with a systematic approach," said Roberto Tapia Conyer, general director of the Carlos Slim Health Institute.

"By joining with West Wireless Health Institute and Qualcomm, we believe that we can show that the use of the different platforms of Mobile technologies can transform the current care paradigm , improve the quality of health services and break down the different barriers to offer services to the population that needs it most. Maternal deaths can be prevented or reduced if women with high-risk pregnancies have access to tools that help them interact continuously with their doctor, to detect early warning signs and receive adequate medical attention, "he added.

The Carlos Slim Health Institute was created in 2007 on the initiative of Carlos Slim Helu for the development and financing of health programs in Latin America and the Caribbean.

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