LifeLens: A smartphone app that can detect malaria
According to the World Health Organisation’s 2010 World Malaria Report, there are more than 225 million cases of malaria each year killing 781,000 people each year, the majority affecting young children. In fact in Southeast Asia, South America and particularly Sub-Saharan Africa, an estimated 90% of pediatric deaths are caused by the mosquito-borne disease. Lifelensis a promising new smartphone application that lets a user snap a photo of a blood sample to determine if it’s affected with malaria....