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Appropriate Healthcare Technologies for Developing Countries (AHT 2010)

AHT 2010 seminar held on Thursday 13 May 2010: IET London: Savoy Place

The full papers will be available for a limited time. The posters and winners presentations are also available to view.

Multiple copying of the contents of the publication without permission is always illegal.
© 2010 The Institution of Engineering and Technology except:

Asset Management: the new frontier in the struggle for improved healthcare technology management – South Africa as a Case Study
© M Poluta, Director, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Technology matters! Sustaining eHealth in developing countries: Analyses of mHealth innovations
© A Iluyemi, Research Student, School of Computing, University of Portsmouth / J Briggs, School of Computing, University of Portsmouth

 

All papers are subject to copyright.

Ethical Considerations of Incineration of Medical Waste

Picken DJ - Emeritus Professor of Mechanical Engineering, De Montfort University, England

Bennett MC - Formerly Senior Research Fellow, De Montfort University. England

PDF PDF (125 k) Updated May 2010

 

A review of hospital safety testing in Pune

N. Khambete - Engineer (Instrumentation), Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Biomedical Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, India

A. Kelkar-Khambete - Public Health Researcher, Thiruvananthapuram, India

V. Desurkar - Consultant Anaesthetist, Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital, Pune, India

A. Murray - Professor, Medical Physics, Newcastle University and Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

PDF PDF (55 k) Updated May 2010

 

Beta radiation - preventing Glaucoma

G Hay-Smith - UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UK

J Kirwan - UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UK and Portsmouth Hospitals, Portsmouth, UK

C Usher - Radiotherapy Department, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, UK

IE Murdoch - UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UK

PDF PDF (33 k) Updated May 2010

 

Gambia-Swansea vision 2020 link

P.J. Lawrance - ABMU Health Board, Department of Medical Physics & Clinical Engineering,
Singleton Hospital, Swansea, UK

PDF PDF (824 k) Updated May 2010

 

Analyses of mHealth innovations

A. Iluyemi, J.S. Briggs - Centre for Healthcare Modelling and Informatics
University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK

PDF PDF (82 k) Updated May 2010

 

A curriculum for biomedical technicians assistant

R.A Malkin, M.E. Garst - Duke University, NC, USA

PDF PDF (84 k) Updated May 2010

 

Packaging of Single Infant Dose of Nevirapine

C.C. Gamache, R.A Malkin - Duke University, NC, USA

PDF PDF (47 k) Updated May 2010

 

IOMP - used equipment donations program

Mohammed K. Zaidi - IOMP, Used Equipment Program Manager, Houston, USA

PDF PDF (32 k) Updated May 2010

 

Medical device regulations and patient safety in developing countries

M Cheng, International Development Worker, Canada,

PDF PDF (43 k) Updated May 2010

 

Motorcycle ambulances for AHT on eRanger ambulance

M.J. Norman, M.M. Norman, The Ranger Production Company Ltd. Northants, UK

PDF PDF (1994 k) Updated May 2010

 

Dances with data

Full paper
Pieter de Ruijter, Rob Parsons - Health Partners International, Holland

PDF PDF (30 k) Updated May 2010

 

Medicine, technology and management, innovation and export, some rights and wrongs

R. J. S. Parsons - Health Partners International, UK

PDF PDF (113 k) Updated May 2010

 

Asset Management: improved healthcare - South Africa case study

M. A. Poluta - Healthcare Technology Management Programme, Biomedical Engineering Division, Dept. of Human Biology, University of Cape Town, South Africa

PDF PDF (107 k) Updated May 2010

 

Access to medical equipment operation and maintenance manuals: an online depository

Michael Eppley - Clinical Engineer, USA resident Kyrgyzstan,  Science, Technology, and Language Institute, Kyrgyzstan

PDF PDF (70 k) Updated May 2010

 

The Portable Glostavent (DPA 01), Access to safe anaesthesia in remote areas

R. Eltringham M.B ChB FRCA - Consultant Anaesthetist Gloucester Royal Hospital, Gloucester, UK

R. Neighbour MSc CEng FIET - Managing Director, Diamedica UK Ltd, Devon, UK

PDF PDF (238 k) Updated May 2010