University of Global Health Equity

Kigali, Rwanda


Purpose

To develop and conduct an early feasibility evaluation of a non-invasive photoacoustic device for measuring zinc protoporphyrin without a blood draw, with the potential to support future iron-deficiency screening in low-resource settings.

Division

Global Health

Date

October 2026

Region Served

GLOBAL

Committed amount

$369,253

Grant topic

Enterics, Diagnostics, Genomics & Epidemiology

Duration (months)

24

Grantee location

Kigali, Rwanda

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