CoolComply: To use wireless communication with cooling
technology to improve care of MDR-TB worldwide
Drug Efficacy
Adherence Promotion
Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis: every one person with active MDR-TB infects ten others
This is a Growing Pandemic
Fridge at neighbors
to store meds
Used two months salary to
purchase a fridge
Stores in her brother’s
home, a 15 min drive
away
DOTS Supervisor responsible
for 150 outpatients
There’s a gap – in Ethiopia for every 6,000 new cases of MDR-TB there are less than fifty beds. Home care works, but there are major challenges with keeping the medication cool and patients adherent to treament that lasts 18-24 months
Solution: CoolComply
SIM Card enabled telemetry module
Immediately:• If successful, rapid scalability of
Cool Comply throughout the entire GHC network both within Cambodia and Ethiopia for MDR-TB patients
Platform Technology for Global Health:• Provide successful home-based
therapy for MDR-TB patients• Cooling and adherence for other
diseases that require cool chain management such as diabetes
• Aid in resource-limited settings as a model for collecting samples for biomarker analysis to maintain cooling and limit water damage
Timeline and Team
Team:Stephan Boyer, MIT; Anna Young, MIT; Aya Caldwell, MGHAdvisors:Kristian Olson MGH; Jose Gomez-Marquez MITCommunity Partner:Global Health Committee