Solarkiosk's solar powered solution for the fight against COVID-19
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that Africa would become the next epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak. The virus is spreading away from the capital cities to the most vulnerable last mile communities.
Most developing nations remain ill-equipped to follow these processes. Some are even without the diagnostic capacity for rapid testing for the virus. The scarcity of resources, including personnel, equipment, such as COVID test, PCR equipment, test centers, and equipment for treatment (such as medical ventilators).
Solarkiosk has recently entered into a Public-Private Partnership with the United Nations Institute for Training and Research, UNITAR, to support African Ministries of Health with relevant and efficient medical solutions to help them in their efforts to fight COVID-19.
This multi-sectoral, multi-partner collaboration has been designed to rapidly deploy and implement feasible solar powered solutions in rural areas.
Solarkiosk's solar powered 3 ring approach to fight COVID 19
As a part of this initiative, Solarkiosk has developed a solar powered three ring concept, with a range from screening in rural off-grid communities all the way to efficient medical treatment of patients, regardless of where the intervention is needed.
Solarkiosk's solar powered infrastructure solution
The E-HUBB as a laboratory
The E-HUBB, Solarkiosk´s award winning solar powered “kit-of-parts” and multifunctional infrastructure solution can be turned into a medical testing and treatment laboratory. This lab can be rapidly deployed within a few days and has autonomous power supply, thanks to its solar technology.
Powered by Solar
The Solarkiosk solar system powers all appliances in the lab, including state-of-the-art storage with long life LiFePO4 batteries for night-time usage and our hybrid solar inverter & battery charging systems.
1.st ring: screening, monitoring, rapid testing
Solarkiosk has designed a medical back pack with equipment tailored for the needs of health care workers / rapid response teams, in particular testing and screening of the general population in rural off-grid areas. This back pack includes the following items:
- CE certified COVID-19 IgG/IgM rapid antibody test
- Solar panels
- Solego Solar System (including battery) for continuous solar power
- LED ceiling lamps
- LED head lamps
- Mobile phone chargers
- Oxygen measurement Glucose measurement device
- Etc.
last mile communities
Health care workers
Solar power
Medical back pack
Rapid COVID test
2.nd ring: molecular testing
Following the recommendations of the WHO, Solarkiosk and its partners have developed a testing lab, consisting of the COv2T Serology Algorithm that combines the advantages of antibody testing with a PCR DNA / RNA test.
This solution – according to the expertise of our medical partners – represents the fastest and most secure way to receive precise test results
In the lab we are using the CE certified Aria COVID-19 IgG/IgM, which is a rapid test that detects IgG & IgM anti-SARS-CoV-2 in blood samples in only 15 minutes.
The lab uses CE certified Aria COVID-19 IgG/IgM test, which is a rapid test that detects IgG & IgM anti-SARS-CoV-2 in blood samples in only 15 minutes.
To confirm positive results from the anti-body testing, a Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test, using the Siemens Healthineers KPCR AMP / DETECT INSTRUMENT (QS5) Quantstudio 5, can reliably confirm the infection with the COVID virus.
Other necessary medical lab equipment, such as Centrifuges, Vortex, PCR hood, microbiological safety cabinets are also included as essential parts of a fully equipped turn key laboratory.
Next step: Confirmed COVID-19 cases will be quarantine or referred to the next available hospital / clinic.
Regional health care centre
Solar power system
IgM / IgG rapid COVID (antibody) test
Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test equipment
3.rd ring: treatment
When diseases, such as e.g. COVID-19 or other respiratory diseases causing a patient’s lung to fail, medical ventilators are used in hospitals worldwide, taking over the body’s breathing process of patients by the means of mechanical ventilation.
Solarkiosk has integrated a solar power system with the state of the art “made in Germany” medical ventilation equipment. With this solution developed by Solarkiosk, Löwenstein medical and BOS AG , governments, clinics and hospitals in developing countries can for the first time treat patients with respiratory diseases even in communities of semi-urban and rural areas, who would not have the chance for treatment otherwise.
Next step: Recovering Patients are submitted to a series of tests in a clinical lab, with the purpose to track their recovery process prior to their release.
COVID hospital / clinic
Solar power system
Solar power ventilator
Artificial ventilation of severe COVID cases
3.rd ring: tracking
In order to be able to track the recovery of patients in a hospital or clinic, we have developed a solar power integrated laboratory, that is equipped with state of the art laboratory diagnostics, molecular medicine and digital health appliances, supplied by the German leading medical technology company Siemens Healthineers. The lab is able to test for COVID-19 through the PCR analyzer, but also for a number of other conditions through:
- End-to-end blood gas solution for quality and blood integrity checks
- Haematology system offering fast, high-quality complete blood count testing
- Integrated chemistry system and immunoassay testing including critical cardiac assays and our automated-pre-treatment immunosuppressive drug assays
COVID hospital / clinic
Solar power system
IgM / IgG rapid COVID (antibody) test
Solar powered clinical laboratory
Please contact us for more information about:
- Solar powered medical back pack
- COVID 19 IgM / IgG rapid COVID (antibody) test
- (Solar powered) PCR lab
- Solar powered Ventilators
- Solar powered clinical laboratory