In developing countries such as Africa, many newborns die because they cannot receive adequate medical care.

NEC and Nagasaki University have developed the world's first management system that utilizes biometric authentication, aiming for full-scale introduction within the year, in order to facilitate vaccination, which is an issue.

According to UNICEF, 2.4 million newborns will die within the first 28 days of life in 2020, mainly in developing countries, and many of these deaths can be prevented with adequate medical care and health services, such as vaccination. and



A system jointly developed by NEC and Nagasaki University with a research institute in Kenya is a system that registers the fingerprints of newborns on the day of birth and manages vaccination history. It is characterized by supplementing fingerprint authentication with mother's voice authentication.



We have been conducting demonstration tests in Kenya, Africa since autumn last year, and since the prospects for practical application have been reached, we have decided to aim for full-scale introduction by the end of the year.



This is the world's first practical application of a system that utilizes the technically difficult fingerprint authentication of newborns.



With this system, medical workers will be able to easily grasp the record, and it will be easier to work on vaccination.



NEC and Nagasaki University will consider expanding to other countries after full-scale introduction in Kenya.