Novel Continuous Infant Temperature Alerting System

Infant mortality rate in India for the year 2016 is 34 per 1000 live births. Infant mortality in rural areas is tremendously high compared to mortality in urban areas. Infant mortality refers to the death of infants and children under the age of five or between ages of one month to four years. Main reason for the death of infants is the need of the health services. Many factors lead to the mortality. One of the main reasons is high temperature. People with limited literacy in rural areas won't be able to understand complex and numerical parameters of temperature. So it is required to build an infant temperature alerting device which can be used by them. It uses sound and light as an indication for varying temperature levels. The device is designed to satisfy the alerting of the temperature continuously and to help people in rural areas to immediately attend. Temperature is measured using LM35 and checked for the threshold. This device can be used by the people with limited literacy using different sounds and different colors of light. The entire operation for sound and light is done by Arduino software. In addition, the temperature data is sent to the Mobile through the Bluetooth (HC05) Module. A mobile APP is created in MIT APP inventor. The data from the temperature sensor is sent via Bluetooth module to the MIT app inventor. The APP check for the conditions and if the temperature exceeds the threshold, the parent/caretaker is alerted by a voice message from the mobile and red light indication. In addition, the location of the infant is sent to the village health officer/Doctor with an alert message.