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Introduction Acute respiratory infections are the leading cause of global child mortality. 20–38% of deaths in the first 48 hours of life are attributed to respiratory failure. Moreover, complications associated with premature birth, often related to breathing problems, are responsible for an additional 30% of neonatal mortality. In the developed world, babies with respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) receive mechanical ventilator support, but these lifesaving technologies are too expensive and resource-intensive for most of the developing world. As a result, RDS remains one of the most common causes of neonatal deaths in the developing world. There is an important need for new, cost-effective technologies to treat infants and small children with respiratory distress. The need is particularly acute on the African...

Testing and Implementation (Last Battle) – Thomas N. Shetui. Finally after all the learning and designing done in the course of eight (8) weeks in the DIT Design Studio, we came up with products that are expected to solve different problems that were found through needs findings sessions. Intensive primary and secondary research increased the depth of information and understanding. On my side, with my fellow engineering student Greg Luhambati, we came up with the Kenfix (KA-105) silicone sealant based subclavian access central line ultrasound training model seen in Fig. 1. Figure 1: KA-105 sealant based model Using the readily available plastic human torso, we filled it with the proposed material i.e. KA-105 sealant, after molding important vascular structures which…