Tag: anaemia in children

[ad_1] With just a collection of smartphone photographs, researchers from the University of Ghana and the University of London were able to accurately determine whether or not children had anaemia. Researchers and medical professionals from Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Ghana, UCL Engineering, UCLH, and other institutions collaborated on the study, which was published in PLOS ONE, to examine a novel non-invasive diagnostic method utilising smartphone images of the face and eyes. The advance could make anaemia screening more widely available for children in Ghana (and other low and middle-income countries) where there are high rates of the condition due to iron deficiency, as the screening tool is much cheaper than existing options and delivers results in one sitting. The paper bui...