KEMRI and NEC Announce Trials on Biometric-based Vaccination Management System for Newborn Children in Kenya
TOKYO, Feb 7, 2023 - (JCN Newswire) - Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), NEC Corporation (NEC) and Nagasaki University, Japan, have developed a digital biometric-based vaccination management system for newborn children in Kenya.
- TOKYO, Feb 7, 2023 - (JCN Newswire) - Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), NEC Corporation (NEC) and Nagasaki University, Japan, have developed a digital biometric-based vaccination management system for newborn children in Kenya.
- This technology marks the first time that biometric identification is being used at a hospital to identify newborn children at the time of vaccination, including those immediately after delivery(1).
- As of November 2022, data from more than 300 caregivers and newborns had been registered, including the vaccination histories of more than 150 newborns.
- (1) NEC research as of February 7, 2023
(2) Source: Levels and trends in child mortality, Report 2021, UN-IGME