Jane Chen: A warm embrace that saves lives

In the developing world, access to incubators is limited by cost and distance, and millions of premature babies die each year. Jane Chen shows us an invention that could keep millions of these infants warm, a design that’s safe, portable, low-cost and life-saving.

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ABOUT Jane Chen

“Jane Chen is the co-founder and CEO of ‘Embrace’, a social enterprise that aims to help the millions of vulnerable babies born every year in developing countries through a low-cost infant warmer. Unlike traditional incubators that cost up to $20,000, the Embrace infant warmer costs less than 1% of this price. The device requires no electricity, has no moving parts, is portable and is safe and intuitive to use.

Jane received her Masters in Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Prior to her graduate studies, she was the Programme Director of Chi Heng Foundation, a Non Profit organisation that sponsors the education of children affected by AIDS in central China. She was also formerly a management consultant at Monitor Group.”

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