Innovative Engineering Solutions for Affordable Health Technologies for Latin America

The aim of this GCRF-funded workshop was to address the challenge of developing affordable health technologies in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This workshop successfully brought together 30 scientists and engineers from the UK, Colombia and Brazil who have expertise and interest in the development and design of healthcare technologies in a low cost setting. The work shop was organised by Dr Amir Keshmiri, Director of CFD Research/CFD Consultancy group based at University of Manchester, UK.

This multidisciplinary workshop was the first of its kind and significantly benefited early career biomedical engineers and scientists from all three countries. The attendees from Colombia and Brazil provided an insight into the demand, opportunities and challenges in designing low cost health technologies in their countries, while the UK attendees benefited from understanding the requirements in resource restricted settings.