Power outages can be life threatening for preemies. One man has invented a solar-powered incubator to save them. The device is also creating jobs locally.
00:00Little Nachma was born three months premature.
00:09She owes her life to this incubator.
00:12It creates a micro-climate in which humidity and temperature are regulated.
00:19Her body has everything it needs to grow, just like in the womb.
00:25The fact that incubators function non-stop at this hospital, in the town of Fumbo, is not a given.
00:33Here in Cameroon, power outages are common.
00:38Before we got these hybrid incubators, we used imported ones.
00:45But they were too sensitive to power cuts.
00:50The incubators are built locally in Cameroon.
00:54They can run on solar-powered batteries and mains electricity.
00:58The idea came from entrepreneur Serge Gijoux.
01:01He witnessed first-hand how a mother lost five babies because of power outage.
01:06The tragedy spurred him into action.
01:09We knew that for a viable solution for us here, we needed to use renewable energy, which is cheap and reliable.
01:18So we opted for solar power and built a hybrid incubator that can function fully even in remote places or places with no reliable power supply, thus saving lives.
01:33The locally-made incubators are also creating long-term jobs.
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