ABOUT US
The Millennium Health Microscope Foundation (MHMF) is a UK registered not-for-profit charity with clearly defined principal aims set within a strategy of:
INNOVATION
To develop the Millennium Health Microscope (MHM), a robust and low-cost microscope of appropriate specification for diagnosis of tropical diseases.
VALIDATION
To work with selected Ministries of Health in at least four developing world countries in Africa, South America, Asia and the Pacific Rim to ascertain the best implementation strategy for the MHM.
IMPLEMENTATION
To develop a sustainable economic model for cost-effective mass production and use of the MHM within the developing world health sector.
MHMF’S FUNDING OBJECTIVES
The Millennium Health Microscope Foundation is seeking ultimate seed-grant funding of £500K in allocated funds, in staged payments, to undertake the following activities:
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A health sector assessment within 4 developing world countries.
A health sector assessment within 4 developing world countries.•R&D and technical optimisation of alpha/beta prototype MHMs.
R&D and technical optimisation of alpha/beta prototype MHMs.•Staged field evaluation of beta-MHM within these health sectors.
Staged field evaluation of beta-MHM within these health sectors.•Economic analysis with future production/assessment needs.
Economic analysis with future production/assessment needs.•Volume tooling, production and mass implementation of the MHM.
Volume tooling, production and mass implementation of the MHM.•Long-term monitoring and impact assessment of the MHM.
Long-term monitoring and impact assessment of the MHM.We are currently seeking Stage 2 funding to put the microscope into volume production.
Simply put, The Millennium Health Microscope Foundation is a charity with a pragmatic vision of:
Innovation - Validation - Implementation
PEOPLE
The Millennium Health Microscope Foundation is non-profit and is constituted with an experienced Board of Trustees, two of whom are pre-eminent in the field of tropical medicine with impressive records of work in the rural tropics and in field infection surveillance in developing countries.
Other trustees bring expertise in microscopy, in the governance of non-profit organisations and in fund raising activities. Two advisers bring very specific expertise in industrial design, optics and low-cost manufacturing and have already developed an ultra-compact microscope of unique design (the Readiview) which has been evaluated for field diagnosis of intestinal schistosomiasis as part of a parasitologic survey in Uganda with very good results.
It is this low-cost, highly innovative concept, that the Foundation wishes to refine and upgrade to produce the Millennium Health Microscope. Board of Trustees
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MILLENNIUM HEALTH UK Charity no. 1119453
Microscope Foundation www.millennium-microscope.org
