Overview
- Describes how locally designed and manufactured medical goods can be customized to be more applicable to the conditions and health needs of the Nigerian community
- Outlines how agricultural crops such as soybeans, corn, and kenaf, can be engineered into biomaterials for management and treatment of complex diseases and injuries
- Demonstrates that improving medical outcomes for pneumonia, traumatic injuries, and diarrheal diseases extends beyond the overall health of affected individuals and can have substantial economic consequences
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Materials (BRIEFSMATERIALS)
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Medical technology in the industrialized world has seen rapid advancements leading to increased survival and greater patient outcomes. However, the development and implementation of these resources is not always applicable to regions in need of new and more basic ways to provide treatment. Moore’s Law, a paradigm that considers advancement synonymous with increased digitization and optimization of electronic processes, defines the history of technology. However, the functionality of advanced and “smart” technology is essentially useless in underdeveloped areas. These regions lack some of the basic requirements for innovative medical technologies to impact human health, such as electricity, access to spare parts, computer analysis tools, and network architecture. In addition, the poor physical infrastructure, insufficient management, and lack of technical culture are barriers for entry and sustainability of these technologies. Rather than importing medical devices from industrialized countries, we propose that the mindset and research focus for under developed areas must be on “successful”technologies. Simply put, these areas need technology that “gets the job done.”
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Bio-Based Materials as Applicable, Accessible, and Affordable Healthcare Solutions
Authors: Adam A. Tracy, Sujata K. Bhatia, Krish W. Ramadurai
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Materials
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69326-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-69325-5Published: 22 January 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-69326-2Published: 03 January 2018
Series ISSN: 2192-1091
Series E-ISSN: 2192-1105
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 53
Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations, 15 illustrations in colour
Topics: Biomaterials, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Biomedical Engineering/Biotechnology, Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering, Development Economics