CNBC November 26, 2024
Key Points
– Singapore-based startup Biorithm has developed a monitoring device that women can use to monitor their pregnancies at home.
– The device, Femom, sends information on the mother and baby’s heart rate to clinicians via an app.
– Almost 800 women a day died from “preventable causes” in pregnancy or childbirth in 2020, an “unacceptably high” figure, the World Health Organization says.
More than 2 million babies died in the first 20 days of their lives in 2022, equating to around 6,500 deaths a day, according to the World Health Organization.
On top of that, almost 800 women a day died from “preventable causes” in pregnancy or childbirth in 2020, an “unacceptably high” figure, the WHO says.
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