European collaboration to develop new remote non-invasive monitoring solutions for ensuring the health of mothers and babies before and after birth

NEWLIFE PROJECT

THE PROJECT

Newlife is an ambitious Chips JU (earlier KDT JU) project aiming to secure the health of mothers and their babies by developing novel holistic monitoring solutions. Newlife project partners will together demonstrate different technologies to enable early and non-invasive detection of risk factors in pregnancies and for newborn babies.

THE CHALLENGE

In Europe, about five million infants are born every year and of these, up to 10% are born pre-term, presenting a severe cost burden to health care. This burden is not only due to immediate short-term costs of intensive neonatal care but more importantly due to long-term adverse effects and complications. Many pre-term births could be prevented with careful pregnancy monitoring and early prediction and detection of risks and complications using digital technologies. Newlife is set to solve this challenge when life is at its most vulnerable phase.

Partners

25

19.3

Million €

5

Use cases

6

Countries

Newlife is a three-year project consisting of a large consortium of 25 partners from 6 different European countries. There are eight research & technology organisations, thirteen small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and four large corporations from Finland, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Switzerland. The partners representing the consortium will gain from the expertise of each of its members to create a cluster whose synergy will accelerate innovation, ultimately benefitting the health of mothers and babies around the world.