Three teams from Bangladesh, Indonesia and Thailand have won places on an incubation programme after presenting digital tools to support maternal and child nutrition.
The teams were selected at the Asia-Pacific Global Health Innovation Hackathon in Singapore on 18 and 19 September. Thirteen teams took part in the event, which focused this year on nutrition during pregnancy and early childhood.
Bangladesh’s Thrive1000 proposed a platform connecting pregnant women with healthcare professionals for prenatal nutrition support. Planned features include nutrition screening, supplement guidance, appointment reminders and a way to track a baby’s growth during pregnancy. The platform is intended to be available in English and Bangla.
Indonesia’s FeedWise presented a decision-support app for community health volunteers who advise families on feeding infants and young children. It aims to help volunteers identify feeding concerns, offer tailored advice and arrange follow-up or referral to a primary healthcare centre.
Thailand’s MaMaMate is developing an AI-based tool for village health volunteers supporting mothers of children aged up to two years. It is designed to suggest feeding guidance based on a child’s age, weight, growth and allergies, with a route to involve a community clinic when needed.
The three teams will now join an incubation programme run by the SingHealth Duke-NUS Global Health Institute and SingHealth’s International Collaboration Office. They will receive mentorship and support to develop and pilot their ideas in their own communities.
The hackathon was co-hosted by the SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medicine Innovation Institute, the SingHealth Duke-NUS Global Health Institute and SingHealth’s International Collaboration Office.