SPAN Edition 1 2025
V O LU M E L X V I I N U M B E R 1
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CONTENTS 3
* AI for Smarter Air Monitoring
5 Hope on the Horizon 8
* Never Miss a Dose
10 * Innovations for the Greater Good 12 * Making Cancer Care Accessible 14 * Tackling Wastewater
With Eco-Friendly Tech
16 * Mobile Solution for Health Care 18 * A Promise for Better Health Care 20 * Innovating Medical Diagnostics 22 * Decoding the Human Heart 24 * A Mental Health Buddy 26 * Expanding Health Access 28 * Transforming Respiratory Diagnostics 30 * Bringing Health Tech From Space 33 * Investing Through a Gender Lens 36 * Taking HIV Care Online 38 Gaming for Growth
Editor in Chief Nicole S. Holler Editor Deepanjali Kakati English Associate Editor Charvi Arora Hindi Associate Editor Giriraj Agarwal Urdu Associate Editor Syed Sulaiman Akhtar English Copy Editor Krittika Sharma Urdu Copy Editor Zahoor Hussain Bhat Art Director/ Production Chief Hemant Bhatnagar Deputy Art Directors/ Production Assistants Qasim Raza, Shah Faisal Khan Front cover: Young women in New Delhi are breaking the silence around sexual and reproductive health through a USAIDsupported app called Go Nisha Go. Photograph by Soumi Das for USAID. Printed and published by Gloria F. Berbena on behalf of the Government of the United States of America and printed at Thomson Press India Ltd., 18/35 Delhi Mathura Road, Faridabad, Haryana 121007 and published at the Public Affairs Section, American Embassy, American Center, 24 K.G. Marg, New Delhi 110001. Opinions expressed in this 40-page magazine do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the U.S. Government. * Articles with a star may be reprinted with permission. Those without a star may not be reprinted. Contact SPAN at 011-23472135 or editorspan@state.gov