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Find COVID-19 - Fast, Low-Cost Diagnosis Using Real-Time Disease Surveillance Technology

Fast and low-cost diagnostics in surveillance technology that allows anyone, even those without medical training, to diagnose a disease directly where the patient is, without using laboratory equipment, with results in 15 minutes and with very low cost. The test result is evaluated by a smartphone application using image and neural analysis. Network algorithms and results are uploaded to the cloud in real time. This test can differentiate a patient with COVID-19 against infection from other coronaviruses such as SARS, MERS, or common flu. It is the first detection point to increase and accelerate the finding of infected patients. It can be used at the first point of contact for the health system.

Project Detail

Country

Mexico

Project Number

ME-T1440

Approval Date

July 23, 2020

Project Status

Closed

Project Type

Technical Cooperation

Sector

HEALTH

Subsector

DISEASE PREVENTION & CONTROL

Lending Instrument

Multilateral Investment Fund Instrument

Lending Instrument Code

MIF

Modality

-

Facility Type

-

Environmental and Social Impact Category (ESIC)

Category C: Likely to cause minimal or no negative environmental and associated social impacts

Total Cost

USD 180,000.00

Country Counterpart Financing

USD 36,000.00

Original Amount Approved

USD 144,000.00

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Implementation Phase
https://www.iadb.org/document.cfm?id=EZSHARE-187264030-2
Donors Memorandum
ME-T1440 - Plan de operaciones.pdf
Mar. 08, 2021
Spanish

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