GOAL 3 is awarded €1M Grant with Picterus to fight newborn Jaundice

We’re excited to announce our €1M Eurostars grant to fight newborn jaundice with Picterus!
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At GOAL 3, we’re on a mission to empower health workers where it matters most, and we’re proud to take a huge step forward. Together with our partners Picterus AS from Norway, we secured a €1 million Eurostars grant to develop JaundiceCARE, an innovative newborn jaundice management system designed specifically for low-resource hospitals.
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The challenge we’re tackling:

• 60–80% of newborns develop jaundice
• Over 100,000 deaths & 75,000 brain injuries every year
• Many cases are missed or treated too late due to the lack of affordable, accurate tools
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Our solution:

•  Picterus® Jaundice Pro: a smartphone-based, non-invasive jaundice screening tool
• GOAL 3 IMPALA: our patient monitoring & clinical decision-support platform
• Together: an AI-powered jaundice screening system that is accurate, affordable, and tailored for the realities of low-resource hospitals

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This AI-driven solution fits perfectly with our vision: to improve access to quality care for 100 million people by 2030 by equipping frontline health workers with technology that truly makes a difference.

With clinical validation planned in Tanzanian hospitals alongside the Paediatric Association of Tanzania, JaundiceCARE will bring us closer to a future where preventable newborn deaths are a thing of the past.
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“Tanzania is excited to welcome this breakthrough!” says Dr Theopista Masenge, President of the Paediatric Association of Tanzania. “With Picterus’ gentle, non‑invasive technology and IMPALA monitoring working together, our newborns get safer care, our health workers get simpler tools, and our families get peace of mind. This is the future we’ve been waiting for.” 
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We look forward to sharing more updates as this exciting project unfolds. Together, we’re driving innovation that saves lives.
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Eurostars is a Eureka programme and part of the European Partnership on Innovative SMEs. The partnership is co-funded by the European Union through Horizon Europe.

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