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Telehealth, AI could help to prevent blindness in Kenya’s preterm infants
For every eligible preterm baby, they capture six retinal images per eye, record clinical risk factors such as gestational age, birth weight, oxygen exposure and illnesses like sepsis, and upload the data for remote review by ophthalmologists.
Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) is the leading cause of preventable childhood blindness globally. As medical advances allow more premature and extremely premature infants to survive, the number of babies at risk of developing ROP continues to rise.
In Kenya, recent investments in maternal and neonatal health have led to establishment of newborn units even in remote and previously under-served regions. Yet while we have made important strides in saving premature infants, equivalent progress in protecting their sight is yet to be met.
