CoolComply: To use wireless communication with cooling

technology to improve care of MDR-TB worldwide

Drug Efficacy

Adherence Promotion

Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis: every one person with active MDR-TB infects ten others

This is a Growing Pandemic

Fridge at neighbors

to store meds

Used two months salary to

purchase a fridge

Stores in her brother’s

home, a 15 min drive

away

DOTS Supervisor responsible

for 150 outpatients

There’s a gap – in Ethiopia for every 6,000 new cases of MDR-TB there are less than fifty beds. Home care works, but there are major challenges with keeping the medication cool and patients adherent to treament that lasts 18-24 months

Solution: CoolComply

SIM Card enabled telemetry module

Immediately:• If successful, rapid scalability of

Cool Comply throughout the entire GHC network both within Cambodia and Ethiopia for MDR-TB patients

Platform Technology for Global Health:• Provide successful home-based

therapy for MDR-TB patients• Cooling and adherence for other

diseases that require cool chain management such as diabetes

• Aid in resource-limited settings as a model for collecting samples for biomarker analysis to maintain cooling and limit water damage

Timeline and Team

Team:Stephan Boyer, MIT; Anna Young, MIT; Aya Caldwell, MGHAdvisors:Kristian Olson MGH; Jose Gomez-Marquez MITCommunity Partner:Global Health Committee