WAAA! - UNICEF’s Wearables for Good Challenge

CSRC member Dr Julia Meaton is one of a small, multi-disciplinary team shortlisted as a finalist competing in UNICEF's Wearables for Good challenge. The University of Huddersfield is one of the institutions tackling the problem of the 2.8 million newborn deaths that occur every year, 2 million of which take place in just ten countries.  The WAAA! project, a low cost, neonatal wearable sensor system, is one of ten finalists in the challenge. In fact it's the single finalist from the UK in the competition which received 250 entries from 46 countries.  To find out more, click on the links below:

https://www.wareable.com/saves-the-day/waaa-newborns-unicef-wearables-good-challenge

https://www.rcm.org.uk/news-views-and-analysis/news/newborn-surveillance-monitor-up-for-unicef-award

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