This document outlines the Bliss 4 Midwives 2015-2016 project which aimed to improve maternal and infant health outcomes in Ghana. The project involved developing a prototype diagnostic device to be used by midwives at the point of care to allow for early diagnosis, detection, and treatment of life-threatening conditions. Key project partners included TNO, ReliTech, Cordaid, Simavi, and several Ghanaian organizations. The project timeline outlined prototype development from 2015-2016, field testing in Ghana, and evaluation to inform future planning. The goal was to revolutionize diagnostics at the first point of care to improve quality of care while reducing costs.

1. Bliss 4 Midwives 2015-2016
Cordaid
Simavi
TNO
ReliTech
Enviu
INTRODUCTION

2. Ensuring the survival, health and well-being of women,
children and adolescents is essential to ending extreme
poverty, promoting development and resilience, and
achieving all the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

4. TNO Shared Development Program
From the Digital Doctors Bag
to Bliss4Midwives
Michiel Oderwald, MSc
Maurits van der Heiden, MSc
Revolutionizing diagnostics at the First Point of Care
2.0
INNOVATION

6. IMPACT
• Improve quality of care
• Reduction integral cost of care:
• Emergency relief with less costs for labs
• Less work pressure on hospital labs for simple tests,
cost saving for patient and institution
• Early diagnosis, detection and early start of treatment
of life-threatening conditions => resulting in reduction
of maternal and infant case fatality
• Monitoring of Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in
the community
• .

7. • Specifications requirements users Jan – June 2015
• Prototype development, hardware and software Jan – Nov 2015
• Clearance Medical-ethical research committee Ghana Oct-Dec 2015
• Training of batch of midwives and technician in Ghana Feb 2016
• Development of business model March-June
• Test prototypes Ghana March – Sept
• Analysis, evaluation, reporting, planning Oct-Dec 2016
PLANNING & ACTIVITY

8. Life Sciences
& Health for
Development
LS&H4D
•Netherlands
Enterprise Agency
•RVO
LS&H4D

9. Netherlands Ghana
NGO
SIMAVI
ENVIU
ACDEP
PHS-N
Company TNO
RELI-TECH BV
Government DISTRICT
AUTHORITY
BOLGATANGA
Bliss4Midwives PPP

10. Netherlands Ghana
NGO
SIMAVI
ENVIU
ACDEP
PHS-N
Company TNO
RELI-TECH BV
Government DISTRICT
AUTHORITY
BOLGATANGA
Bliss4Midwives PPP