A team of Melbourne doctors and physicists are developing an oxygen supply machine for developing countries that could cut mortality rates because it keeps working during a power cut.
The machine, which will be tested in Ugandan medical clinics in August, will provide steady oxygen to children being treated for pneumonia in countries where the power supply is unreliable.
The University of Melbourne design stores oxygen at low-pressure to ensure steady supply when the electricity fails, and has the capacity to reduce child pneumonia mortality rates in developing countries by 30 per cent, the university says.
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