A joint proposal submitted by USA’s Purdue University and Shrimad Rajchandra Hospital, won the first prize in the Technology Accelerator Challenge conducted by the National Institutes of Health, USA.
This proposal documents the development and deployment of ground-breaking technology to detect anaemia and sickle cell disease by analysing the photos of inner eyelids which can be taken by a smartphone.
This award acknowledges the potentially life-changing impact that this technology can have on anaemic people, especially in the rural areas of India.