
- Dec 11, 2017
NEST 360° at the 100 & Change Finals
The NEST360° team is committed to scaling NEST across Africa to save 500,000 newborn lives every year. There has never been a better time to do this. The political resolve, both internationally and among African nations, to address neonatal deaths has never been stronger. Our team is ready to deliver an effective, affordable, and sustainable package of lifesaving newborn technologies. We're grateful to the MacArthur Foundation for its $15 million commitment and to every membe
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- Dec 4, 2017
NEST360º’s low-cost jaundice detector passes first test in Africa
The first clinical study of a low-cost, hand-held jaundice detector invented by Rice University students couldn’t have come at a better time for NEST360°, an international team of scientists, doctors and global health experts preparing for a Dec. 11 competition for $100 million from the MacArthur Foundation. The money would allow the team to carry out its visionary plan to halve the number of newborn deaths in African hospitals within 10 years. As the clinical study of BiliSp
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