BHI engineers stand with Helen Kamau, regional lead for PATH’s Access to Medical Devices portfolio, at the first-ever Africa Regional Biomedical Engineering and Health Technologies Conference
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PATH recently featured BHI in an article Strong health systems require resilient biomedical engineering: Four ways to expand its reach written by Helen Kamau, regional lead for PATH’s Access to Medical Devices portfolio. The article highlights the gap between the crucial need for medical devices and the lack of attention on the vital role of biomedical engineers who maintain that life-saving equipment.
Outlining the first of four aims to close this gap, Kamau uses BHI’s “Find & Fix” initiative to demonstrate the importance of “maximizing longevity and sustainability of medical devices.” She emphasizes, “biomedical engineers should be involved in the entire medical equipment life cycle—from planning and procurement to developing job aides and collecting data to managing disposal arrangements.”
At Africa’s first Regional Biomedical Engineering and Health Technologies Conference, BHI engineers Obed Ogega, Kevin Ndeti, and David Acolatse joined Helen Kamau to discuss not only medical device innovation, but also sustainability and maintenance strategies to advance biomedical engineering and create stronger health systems.
David Acolatse, a BHI biomedical engineer, repairs an oxygen analyzer
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