Open-source respiratory health commons. 15 projects communities can adapt, repair, reproduce for low cost medical care (libre and open-source tech)

Fabio Balli, Richard Ibbotson, Vaibhav Chhabra, Juan-Pablo Pimentel, Victor Suturin, Luis Falcon, Janis Timm-Bottos, Emmanuel Kellner, Jaykumar Menon, Nathaniel Bechard, Mathilde Matringe, Clément le Couedic
2021 Zenodo  
Today, six humans in ten have no access to medical care or do not adhere to it. Achieving collective health requires a mindset shift from competitive models creating dependency (medtech business) to solidarity-driven models building communal capacity (health commons). Here, we present 15 initiatives created by open networks of interdisciplinary contributors (peer production); who iteratively co-create and document projects (agile development) that can be freely used, repaired, studied,
more » ... d and adapted by communities (libre and open-source licences) at fair prices or no cost. As resources are mutualized to avoid redundancies, costs can be cut by ten to hundred times in comparison to IP-driven models. Such commons also foster local capacity building, as various communities can take responsibility to validate, produce and distribute the projects (crowd/peer production). Disease management: valve for mask (Isinnova Charlotte), oxygen concentrator (M19 O2), ventilation machine (OpenVent), ventilator co-design platform (Polyvent), genetic material development (OpenPCR), repurposing vaccines (OSPF OpenVax), repurposing treatments (DNDi AntiCov). Disease prevention: hand rub (Geneva Hand Hygiene Model), Pulmonary Toolkit – 3D lung modeling (Pulmonary Toolkit), transparent mask (BEclear), air quality sensor (LogAir), digital health ecosystem (GNU Health). Health promotion: fun respiratory care (Breathing Games), traditional medicine (CEMI), social support network (Art Hives). Editable version
doi:10.5281/zenodo.5590021 fatcat:uw5ytoykhzeghjz4ctdyo2xfa4