Solar-powered jaundice treatment

A solar-powered phototherapy machine could help put an end to jaundice deaths in poorer countries.

Around six in 10 babies develop jaundice just after they are born. In low and middle-income countries, babies are 27 times more likely to suffer brain damage from jaundice and 119 times more likely to die, as not all hospitals have phototherapy machines. This tech uses light to help the liver get rid of waste products in the blood.

Virtue Oboro, whose son survived jaundice after a risky blood transfusion in Nigeria, invented the Crib A’Glow, a portable solar-powered device to help remote areas with inconsistent access to electricity.