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At Maila Health GmbH, we’re on a mission to improve maternal and newborn health outcomes and experiences through meaningful innovation in digital health. If you’re pregnant or postpartum, we’re here to help.
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The birth of Maila Health
Pregnancy can be great until it suddenly isn’t. Complications, a new diagnosis, or even the absence of a diagnosis can make pregnancy stressful. Dr. Samantha Lattof knows this firsthand. Her own pregnancies were complicated by hyperemesis gravidarum (a debilitating condition that can cause dehydration, malnutrition, weight loss, and long-term complications in both mother and baby due to extreme nausea and vomiting).
From her work as a global maternal health researcher, Dr. Lattof was very aware of shortcomings in the quality of care. Some doctors weren’t aware of the latest medications for her condition, and others relied on techniques that had been disproven in recent years. Dr. Lattof observed a need to improve the speed at which the latest research is translated into practice. She also saw numerous opportunities to more effectively utilize existing technologies to improve maternal and newborn health outcomes.
Following the birth of her second daughter in 2020, Dr. Lattof recruited Philip Meier, an experienced software developer, to start developing a prototype for Maila Health. The team then joined up with Catarina Pires, a biomedical engineer specializing in machine learning. Prof. Dr. Martin Gersch and Prof. Dr. Tim Conrad at Freie University of Berlin round out the team as mentors.
In September 2021, Maila Health secured an EXIST Business Start-up Grant at Freie University of Berlin’s Profund Innovation. In September 2022, Maila Health joined the K.I.E.Z. (Artificial Intelligence Entrepreneurship Center) accelerator for science-based AI startups.
Our Founders
Samantha Lattof, PhD MSc
Co-Founder and CEO
“As a maternal health researcher and a mother of two daughters, the decision to start Maila Health was easy. Mothers, babies, and families in Germany and beyond deserve access to better quality care.”
Philip Meier, MBA
Co-Founder and CTO
“With the birth of my children, I witnessed the difficulties of pregnancy and the postpartum period up close. The need to find solutions to these difficulties motivated me to start Maila Health.”
Our Supporters
Maila Health GmbH has received support from K.I.E.Z., the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, and the European Social Fund as part of the EXIST program.
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