The CappSci (Caplow Applied Science) has awarded Data for Life Prize worth $50,000 each to researchers Dr. Joanne Katz from Johns Hopkins University to study the use of portable ultrasound for expecting mothers in rural Nepal where home births are very common and to Dr. Abdhalah Ziraba from African Population and Health Research Center to study Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) as an intervention for new mothers and neonates in Kenya.
The study on portable ultrasound for expecting mothers aims to examine the sensitivity and specificity with which the nurse midwives are able to detect conditions that may lead to delivery complications as well as compare the early neonatal mortality and stillbirth rates between those who received an ultrasound exam through the study and a separate comparable group.
KMC is a non-medical intervention aiming to reduce preterm and underweight deaths, which are often the result of hypothermia and poor nutrition. The awardee will study the use of KMC in two urban poor communities in Nairobi to fill the data gap on KMC at the community level where most deliveries occur and there are no conclusive studies of this intervention at the community level in an urban poor setting.
The call on Data for Life Prize had been launched early 2014 for organizations and individuals around the globe to submit proposals on effective but under-recognized interventions for children under-five that deserve more rigorous study. Total 207 proposals were received by the deadline.
The next CappSci Children’s Prize is currently in development and it will open globally in April 2015.
The CappSci is a grant making foundation focusing on world’s pressing issues. The Foundation finds the most qualified individuals to solve these issues through open call for proposals. The Foundation mission is to apply science to challenges of global significance and solve them by combining people, knowledge, and capital.
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