A Warm Embrace That Saves Lives

Jane Chen: A warm embrace that saves lives



four million premature babies die annually because they have no way of regulationg their internal body temperature. If they do live, there are also future complications that may arise from trying to fight hypothermia instead of developing major organs. these range from heart disease, to low IQ and many more complications in between. These babies are dying because in rural and underdeveloped areas, traditional incubators are too expensive and many time hospitals are not accessible to the general public. Jane Chen and her team have developed a solution that would be affordable to people in these rural areas and effective. What appears to be a sleeping bag with a state of the art reheatable pouch in the back that could save a child's life for just $25. That's less than 0.01% of the cost of a traditional incubator. A solution so simple and yet it can reach millions of people and save millions of lives.

Jane Chen
http://www.ted.com/speakers/jane_chen.html
Jane Chen's profile via TED.com

Embrace: a Low Cost Infant Warmer
http://embraceglobal.org/
The Embrace product website

Linkedin.com
http://www.linkedin.com/in/janechen
jane Chen's profile on LinkedIn