New Study Helps ID Infants With Optical Scanners

یک زوج در یک ماشین در نمایشگاهی در برلین آلمان، عینک های سه بعدی را روی چشم آزمایش می کنند.

A remote village where tracking a child’s health care records can be a challenge, as paper records can be lost or are incomplete, Benin, Africa. (Sunpreet Arora)

Patient information and immunization records are kept on paper at an open air clinic, Benin, Africa. (Sunpreet Arora)

Clinics in remote locations are difficult to reach, limiting the access to health care for villages like this one in Benin. (Sunpreet Arora)

Michigan State University graduate student Sunpreet Arora scans an infant’s fingerprints while a health care worker collects information about the child. (Sunpreet Arora)

The thumb of an infant is scanned using an optical reader in a Benin health clinic. (Sunpreet Arora)

Mothers and babies wait patiently for immunizations at an open air clinic in Benin. (Sunpreet Arora)

A toddler is among 70 children whose prints are recorded electronically and matched for the Michigan State University study that shows that an electronic registry is feasible. (VaxTrac)

A health care worker fills out an immunization record by hand as mothers wait for vaccinations at a clinic in Benin. (VaxTrac)

While this African baby gets an early childhood vaccination, 25 million children in developing countries don’t receive such life-saving immunizations. (VaxTrac)

A health care worker holds a baby’s finger on a scanning device to capture its fingerprint at a clinic in Benin. (VaxTrac)

A portable scanner is used to scan a mother’s thumb which can also help track her baby. (VaxTrac)