She saw a life-threatening gap in healthcare — and built an app to close it. 🍼✨📱
Student midwife Ruby Jackson is the creator of Melanatal, a groundbreaking tool designed to help clinicians and parents identify maternal and newborn conditions on Black and brown skin.
The idea was born in a neonatal unit in Ghana, where Jackson noticed something crucial: symptoms like jaundice don’t appear the same way on darker skin tones. That realization — that a missed sign could cost a life — pushed her to take action.
Melanatal is more than an app.
It’s equity.
It’s visibility.
It’s healthcare that finally sees all skin.
A powerful reminder that innovation often starts with one question: “Who’s not being seen?”
Source: @pocintech
