Lumidigm announced that as a result of its multispectral imaging fingerprint sensors “biometric vaccine records are now in place for tens of thousands of adults and children in Kenya, Uganda, Benin and Zambia” and that the solution – supplied in partnership with Fulcrum Biometrics – is “helping to stop vaccine waste for the millions of Africans not yet vaccinated.” The company noted that the delivery model in many parts of Africa “depends on a multitude of healthcare workers who serve very large and remote areas. When there are no vaccination records to consult, many patients are re-immunized unnecessarily, others are simply missed and a finite supply of vaccine is wasted. Unfortunately, without a proper and reliable means of identification, vaccine wastage rates are higher than 50 percent in some of the most challenging geographies.” VaxTrac is solving this problem with a biometric vaccination registry that is operated and managed in the field with low-cost mobile devices. Adult and child patients “are identified in the registry with fingerprint sensors from Lumidigm. Returning patients can pull up their vaccination records with the touch of a finger allowing the healthcare worker to deliver appropriate care.”

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