About 80% of medical devices on the market today target 10% of the world. That’s because many developing nations lack the money or resources to buy the equipment or run it safely. Take something as seemingly commonplace as a blood transfusion for a patient who is hemorrhaging. In places like Sub-Saharan Africa, where there aren’t facilities for safe storage or testing of donated blood, medical professionals often salvage the patient’s own blood with a kitchen soup ladle and filter it with gauze. The result: many unnecessary deaths.
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