Baltimore, MD—The partnership of Jhpiego, a nonprofit global health affiliate of Johns Hopkins University, and the Johns Hopkins Center for Bioengineering Innovation & Design (CBID) has been selected as a finalist for the 2015 INDEX: Award for its design of a new, improved suit to protect health workers fighting Ebola and other infectious diseases. A
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JHU, Jhpiego-hosted Design Challenge Produces Promising Concepts to Improve Protective Gear for Ebola Workers
Baltimore, MD—A weekend design challenge at Johns Hopkins University (JHU) to develop new protective gear for health workers fighting Ebola drew students, faculty and clinicians from across JHU and beyond and $25,000 in state seed grants to support further development of the best ideas. Jhpiego, a global health organization and Hopkins affiliate, and the JHU
Jhpiego Captures Top Awards in Global Health Innovations Competition; JHU Students’ Efforts to Reduce Deaths of Women, Newborns Recognized As Outstanding
Seattle, Washington—Jhpiego’s three low-cost, innovative global health projects designed to help save the lives of women and newborns won top awards this weekend at the prestigious Saving Lives at Birth: A Grand Challenge for Development competition. The trio of award-winning projects, including a device engineered through Jhpiego’s partnership with the Johns Hopkins Center for Bioengineering