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旨在分配的智能储物柜系统的创新者medicinesto patients in less than 36 seconds has won the 2019 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation.
上市健康institutions are resource-constrained and healthcare workers are overwhelmed, resulting in them being unable to attend to patients faster.
South Africa alone has close to five million patients on anti-retroviral treatment and collecting their refills monthly, according to the WHO.
Patients collecting chronic medicines wait for close to four hours at public health centres, says Neo Hutiri, a 31-year-old South African工程师谁发明了名为Pelebox的创新。
“ Pelebox承受了医疗团队的压力，并使患者在慢性药物上有宝贵的时间。”
Neo Hutiri，Pelebox
“Pelebox takes pressure off medical teams and gives patients on chronic medicines valuable time back, ensuring the collection process is tracked and auditable,” explains Hutiri. “This is the highest stamp of approval that ourinnovationcould have hoped for. As an engineer, building a socially-minded solution was important to me and this award is a nudge that we are in the right direction.”
Hutiri从竞争者的创始人皇家工程学院获得了25,000英镑（约合31,000美元）的一等奖。
皇家工程学院本月（6月4日）在本月发表的一份声明中，约翰·拉扎尔（John Lazar）补充说：“ Pelebox将改善使用并在严重紧张的公共医疗系统中使用并在严重紧张的公共医疗保健系统中工作的医疗保健。”
根据Hutiri的说法，他的团队于2015年开始从事该项目，但第一个部门于2017年开始运营，并于2018年进行了试点测试。
Hutiri说：“每个Pelebox单元都有72-99个门，每月可以为1200名患者服务。”
根据Hutiri的说法，这项创新表明，非洲的科学现在可以推动非洲的数字联系，特别是通过提高应用科学的标准以及如何塑造创新来激发年轻人。
Patient Dhliwayo-Chiunzi, a生物技术学家at the Harare Institute of Technology in Zimbabwe, tellsSciDev.Netthat the Pelebox is a needed innovation, which has incorporated aspects of patient privacy to a large extent.
“You realise the Pelebox operates like those food dispenser machines, hence it is quite user-friendly,” Dhliwayo-Chiunzi explains.她建议使用Pelebox的患者在指定时间获得药物，以确保他们按预期服用药物。
Hutiri告诉SciDev.Netthat six Pelebox units have been installed at public hospitals in South Africa, with 42 units expected to be available by the end of the year partly through a contract with the South African政府.
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