Morning rush at Entebbe Hosptial Photo: supplied by Kiara Miller
An Auckland Bioengineering Institute PhD's student has helped to create an app to ensure medical equipment donated to hospitals in developing countries doesn't end up on the scrapheap.
While on an Engineering World Health internship at Entebbe Hospital in Uganda, Kiara Miller's role was to fix broken medical equipment, but it soon became apparent the problem was much wider than a repair-job.
She was concerned to see donated machines used incorrectly, and at times dangerously, or equipment sitting idle because medical staff didn't know how to operate it, or what it was for.
Along with some fellow interns, Kiara Miller developed a training app for healthcare workers to navigate the donated equipment. Their innovation has been recognised, gaining first place in the Engineering World Health Design Competition.
